mkfs.ext3 or mkfs.msdos

[Karl Larsen]

    I am a sucker for memory sticks and have several. I got the bright 
idea to make their file system ext3 since I have only one Windows and do 
not use it much. But yesterday I had the need.

    I got some URL data on this Ubuntu which I wanted to put on the 
Windows in my laptop. I got the data on a memory stick from my Ubuntu 
but when I plugged into Windows it upchucked and displayed nothing :-)

    So back to the drawing board. I used fdisk to change the partition 
to a fat type and then un-mounted it and did a $sudo mkfs.msdos which it 
did. Then I put it back into Ubuntu and got the email file on it and 
then plugged it into Windows and it was happy. I was able to give 
Windows the file and do what was needed.

    So as time permits I am going to make all my memory sticks msdos type.

Karl

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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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