From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 16 18:05:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B16C41065670 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:05:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anti_spam256@yahoo.ca) Received: from web65507.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (web65507.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.9.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5C70D8FC1C for ; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:05:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 65559 invoked by uid 60001); 16 Oct 2009 18:05:04 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.ca; s=s1024; t=1255716301; bh=5UQU86AVjRr0YVv4huqac8Q8igIIEZI7UiXZHHqRC6E=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=1vmsOP131lMWCnHx3Kbaku44SaZzO7nhroEa6i2jkTuvn980qUt8J//Zd0l5VNDP+LSWrYn9hbSJ7YdOQQ12Jvdh1+mhMEpA9khUABWyxrphe0UGnG4pF+IxOnI6B9uesEvop23OYkFzSGof1LF8uPfR8fNM4p5hsB/AmDmerYA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.ca; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=aYJ9Ze3DAT5PLSgIJhASgcl4UVjGQoLFZGQ6w54qxrIyQNfJyFSjAUXOv8DIqJvyOVOZVlW3+rF1qfgJRjDWA5cHnZ/+JNyG8hQetlZHHuDHVABE8lHi+IgfcvsVMig+R5nZAT88q3fIT7/wCLRHHC8/znDOCr8zop8yYgokejg=; Message-ID: <964767.64586.qm@web65507.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: nFWMhUoVM1mz4pG9Rg.dCQmxhbmzfVLpCvP778T_tNY0fhjqdsrf3GZ23ze3Iyhd5rk162hfep_IGipvZVUkkg83wLBpKxrZXNmqorCyWd3ZKK4lc0nXK4sAnTr5Ua1PY8dq38TD_L_Yp1_037ZDYC9EVWETqBIdL3eoj771E6FZzCWRF3OVE_1Cm9iLVwgqsPVTj6ctPJlnQbHxebtwaBSiRes3ZAIZRaBlwb_42M7s7HBwkt0287a5Vba4RoL__wopZNsaUM0CQ3wYa0ju27G0Hh_flwa3P4vFx86JUhlfeer5o.j_UOsKB7bBbXsx_QhUc5uYZPB1Kv83WwiC4Phxx27wFkKNS.SaCGb89RdkNJ1GPGdGckaKlsClVRWjGtxcRxan2pGxYDmHQ8hBqKZr Received: from [208.99.137.71] by web65507.mail.ac4.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:05:01 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/7.0.14 YahooMailWebService/0.7.347.3 Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:05:01 -0700 (PDT) From: James Phillips To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20091016091305.19FFD1065751@hub.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: usb key problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:05:08 -0000 =0A> =0A> Message: 11=0A> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:32:46 +0200=0A> From: P= olytropon =0A> Subject: Re: usb key problem=0A> To: PJ =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 =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.