Whats the best way to format USB stick to linux

[Alanp]

Whats the best way to format USB stick to linux using windows or is it possible in VIX 2.2 Thanks

[Sicilian]

You can use Mount manager in ViX. Blue button > ViX > Mount manager ;)

[Alanp]

Tried that but I cant see the option to format

[Sicilian]

Tried that but I cant see the option to format

Not used it for a while, need to check again later. Another way is to plugin, reboot, the menu > setup > system > harddrive and initilialize the USB stick.

[Larry-G]

if you cant manage to do it via VIX you could always boot your pc / laptop with a linux boot disc and do it that way. there are a number of boot discs within the linux section try G-parted

[Stanman]

As sic says and you may need to highlight it and press OK, will check correct method late when on box

[Alanp]

if you cant manage to do it via VIX you could always boot your pc / laptop with a linux boot disc and do it that way. there are a number of boot discs within the linux section try G-parted

Ok I have got G-parted live usb version but I cant see an option for format only for patition any help appreciated

[Larry-G]

why do you need to format the stick with linux any way ?. all of the sticks i use are formatted with windows to fat 32 then mounted via the VIX mount option sic said.

[pooface]

Can be done in any receiver by telnet:

Click me (http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?344-Common-used-Unix-Linux-telnet-commands&p=34427&viewfull=1#post34427)...

[Alanp]

why do you need to format the stick with linux any way ?. all of the sticks i use are formatted with windows to fat 32 then mounted via the VIX mount option sic said.

Just thought it may work better in the linux enviroment

[WOIIFTM]

This question may already have been asked and answered, but it didn't show up in a search.

I have a 4 Gb SanDisk Extreme Cruzer Countour usb stick (it has + 15 Mb/s read-write speed) that I have formatted in ext3 format. The stick mounts on my Vu+ Duo but as a Linux R/W volume but only shows as a 3 Gb volume while on OSX it still shows up as 4 Gb. I don't remember having this issue with a 'plain' 4 Gb Cruzer.

Something I did wrong or a limitation of the Vix image (latest version)?

[Larry-G]

I have two 16 gig cruizers in my Uno using the latest beta VIX image and both show their full sizes just fine.

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[Stanman]

I have two 16GB but formatted as FAT 32 and both show as 16GB

[WOIIFTM]

My stick was FAT32 formatted, showed up as 3Gb on the Vu+. After reformat to ext3 the same story, so something must be wrong with VIX on my box. I think a reflash is in order.

[pooface]

My stick was FAT32 formatted, showed up as 3Gb on the Vu+. After reformat to ext3 the same story, so something must be wrong with VIX on my box. I think a reflash is in order.

Maybe u have partitioned the stick?

Try typing "fdisk -l" in telnet. Should give u full disk capacity & partitions. On my usb hdd, it showed it correctly at 60gb. Trying a "df -h" command showed the same disk as 54.8gb or summat thereabouts...

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[WOIIFTM]

Using the "fdisk-l" command shows the correct size:


Disk /dev/sdc: 4022 MB, 4022337536 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 489 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 490 3928018+ 83 Linux
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(1023, 254, 63) logical=(489, 4, 63)

And the "df -h" command isn't so bad either:


/dev/sdc1 3.7G 71.6M 3.6G 2% /media/usb2

But I have a feeling the 'Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings' means something is not OK, although my 1 Gb stick shows a similar message but shows up OK in the mount manager. I formatted the 4 Gb stick the same way I the 1 Gb stick.

I don't see any format option under the blue button in the mount manager and pressing the blue button results in no action. I'll try a reformat using a different method.


Maybe u have partitioned the stick?

Try typing "fdisk -l" in telnet. Should give u full disk capacity & partitions. On my usb hdd, it showed it correctly at 60gb. Trying a "df -h" command showed the same disk as 54.8gb or summat thereabouts...

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[WOIIFTM]

Formatted the 4 Gb stick on the box with telnet using this method: http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?344-Common-used-Unix-Linux-telnet-commands&p=34427&viewfull=1#post34427. Same result, the stick shows up as a 3Gb stick. I'm suspect the stick is OK an is in reality a 3.7 Gb stick but for some reason the mount manager doesn't show the .7 Gb bit?