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

[Kris Douglas]

On 06/12/2007, Tom Bamford <tom at entrepreneuria.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Andrew Jenkins wrote:
> > 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
> How big is the drive? FAT16 partitions can only be up to 2GB. FAT32 uses
> diskspace more efficiently anyway - a 2GB FAT16 volume will have a
> default cluster size of 32KB compared to FAT32's 4KB, meaning that any
> files under 32KB in size will take up at least 32KB on disk, even 0 byte
> files.
>
> Regards,
> Tom
>
> <snip>


Which was why i asked for the need of fatass16




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