On Mon, 6 Sep 2010 10:32:12 +0300 Andrei Popescu <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Lu, 06 sep 10, 09:25:25, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I sometimes use gparted to make a filesystem in an easier way than using > > CLI. The fact is that gparted appears, to me, as a frontend for CLI > > commands. I want to format an USB key, and change the filesystem to > > fat32, or ntfs. It is currently under ext3. I unmount it, delete the FS, > > and manage to create a new partition. But `fat32' and `ntfs' are > > impossible choices when creating the new FS. (They are deactivated.) > > > > Why? > > You are probably missing the packages dosfstools and ntfsprogs. They are > both 'Suggested' by gparted, but not 'Recommended' because most > GNU/Linux users should not need them. I suppose that's debatable. I never touch Windows unless I have to, but I do often need to sneaker-net files between my Debian system and other Windows systems via USB flash drive, which therefore must be manipulated via dosfstools ... Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
