<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 06/12/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrew Jenkins</b> <<a href="mailto:andrew.jenkins@bigfoot.com">andrew.jenkins@bigfoot.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I've been given the task of creating a bootable<br>Linux USB drive by a work-mate. Rather than a<br>pen-drive he's given me a 2.5" drive mounted in<br>one of these snazzy little enclosures, works just<br>like a pen-drive.
<br><br>Anyway, I've tried to create the file systems and<br>have hit a problem. Once I've created the first<br>partition as FAT 16 and try to 'mkfs' it I get the<br>error as follows:<br><br>andrew@laptop
:~$ mkfs.vfat -F 16 -n ubuntu710 /dev/sdc1<br><br>mkfs.vfat 2.11 (12 Mar 2005)<br>WARNING: Not enough clusters for a 16 bit FAT! The filesystem will be<br>misinterpreted as having a 12 bit FAT without mount option "fat=16".
<br>mkfs.vfat: Attempting to create a too large file system<br><br>And that's where it all stops. I can't imagine a FAT12<br>will be any good to him as it's going to be connected<br>to a Windows machine. So any ideas anyone?
<br><br>Andy Jenkins.<br><br>--<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
</a><br><a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a><br></blockquote></div><br>Is there a reason it needs to be fat 16? <br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Kris Douglas<br> Softdel Limited Hosting Services
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