swapfile and picons

[fintannl]

Can someone explain when I try and setup a swapfile I only get the option to set the file up on both my hard disks. My usb drive is not listed even though it is mounted correctly. Likewise when I download the silverfox picons I only get the option to put them on hard drive and not on my usb drive. Thanks

[im85288]

I think you need to make sure the USB stick is formatted in ext3 or ext4 format.

[basilyoung]

the usb needs to be fat 3 it should then be seen by the unit

[fintannl]

thanks, usb device is showing up as type 'vfat'. is there a method of changing that type using vix

[basilyoung]

its best formatted on a pc to fat three, not sure what vfat is to be honest, but format it anyway

[irishchris]

Yes as basilyoung says, format it in pc to fat 32 and it will be instantly recognised in vix for picons and swapfile after you mount it.

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[Rob van der Does]

Sorry guys, a bit of confusion in this post:
to be able to use a stick for a swap-file it must be formatted in Ext3/4 (and also timeshift that is a requirement). For all other purposes FAT32 is fine.
To format to Ext4 go to HDD in the system menu and initialize the stick (and make sure you chose the right one!)