On 08/22/2010 01:58 AM, Tim wrote: > On Sun, 2010-08-22 at 10:48 +0530, Parshwa Murdia wrote: >> Yes, it was failed but the pen drive (in which some videos were there, >> unfortunately which had o back-up!) was formated successfully. And I >> returned it to my friend. Next day, he says, he was not able to work >> with that, which amazed me and still he looks for a solution! But the >> main thing is that it was successfully formatted at least once! > > Partitioning: Preparing the drive for the partitions it will have, even > if there will only be one part. > > Formatting: Putting some file system in place on the partition. > > It's two steps, even if you have one application that can do both for > you. If you remove the partitioning info, then formatting it isn't > possible. > It is possible to format, and mount, a drive without a partition table. But you have to mount it manually, because the auto-mount software does not know how to handle it. Windows will also have a problem with it. For that matter, did you know that you can use a drive as one big tar archive? Try it with a pen drive or memory card you don't mind re-partitioning afterwards. tar -cf /dev/sdc * tar -xf /dev/sdc * Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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