[ubuntu-uk] Trying to create bootable USB drive.

[Andrew Jenkins]

I've been given the task of creating a bootable
Linux USB drive by a work-mate.  Rather than a
pen-drive he's given me a 2.5" drive mounted in
one of these snazzy little enclosures, works just
like a pen-drive.

Anyway, I've tried to create the file systems and
have hit a problem.  Once I've created the first
partition as FAT 16 and try to 'mkfs' it I get the
error as follows:

andrew at laptop:~$ mkfs.vfat -F 16 -n ubuntu710 /dev/sdc1

mkfs.vfat 2.11 (12 Mar 2005)
WARNING: Not enough clusters for a 16 bit FAT! The filesystem will be
misinterpreted as having a 12 bit FAT without mount option "fat=16".
mkfs.vfat: Attempting to create a too large file system

And that's where it all stops.  I can't imagine a FAT12
will be any good to him as it's going to be connected
to a Windows machine.  So any ideas anyone?

Andy Jenkins.