Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:05:01 -0700 (PDT) From: James Phillips <anti_spam256@yahoo.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb key problem Message-ID: <964767.64586.qm@web65507.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20091016091305.19FFD1065751@hub.freebsd.org>
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=0A> =0A> Message: 11=0A> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:32:46 +0200=0A> From: P= olytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>=0A> Subject: Re: usb key problem=0A> To: PJ <a= f.gourmet@videotron.ca>=0A> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=0A> Message-I= D: <20091016013246.c0e022e5.freebsd@edvax.de>=0A> Content-Type: text/plain;= charset=3DUS-ASCII=0A> =0A> On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:18:45 -0400, PJ <af.gou= rmet@videotron.ca>=0A> wrote:=0A> > Now that I=A0 have had a few moments to= think about=0A> it, maybe I have to=0A> > give good old cruze and enema an= d format it under XP=0A> ... maybe all it=0A> > needs is a clean system on = it. ;-)=0A> =0A> I'm not sure if USB sticks tend to degrade=0A> filesystem-= wise,=0A> but when you put such a stick into random "Windows" PCs,=0A> it's= =0A> quite possible that data gets messed up. The most ideal=0A> solution o= f course is to simply newfs the stick and give=0A> it=0A> a UFS file system= , but sadly, "Windows" PC are resistent=0A> to=0A> standards, so they won't= read it, but will force you to=0A> use=0A> old-fashioned MS-DOS-like file = systems. :-)=0A> =0ATo be fair, Windows XP supports the NTFS filesystem tha= t is very feature-rich. Although, I recall making a XP machine unbootable t= rying to format removable media with NTFS because only the installer woulds= use that filesystem. The format utility let me choose between Fat16 and FA= t32 or something :P=0A=0AA better tool, under both Windows (via Cygwin) and= BSD, would be ntfsprogs.=0A=0Ahttp://www.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php?id=3Dntfs= mount=0A=0ARegards,=0A=0AJames Phillips=0A=0A> =0A> -- =0A> Polytropon=0A> = Magdeburg, Germany=0A> Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0=0A> Andra moi ennepe, M= ousa, ...=0A> =0A> =0A=0A=0A=0A ______________________________________= ____________________________=0AYahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere = on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now=0Ahttp://ca.= toolbar.yahoo.com.
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