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Date:      Wed, 16 May 2001 14:23:55 -0700
From:      John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com>
To:        "mao" <mao@carrier.kiev.ua>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to format Compact Flash ?
Message-ID:  <15106.61419.755370.978011@hip186.ch.intel.com>
In-Reply-To: <9dup5b$kit$1@news.lucky.net>
References:  <9dup5b$kit$1@news.lucky.net>

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[ On Wednesday, May 16, mao wrote: ]
> Anybody knows how to format new Compact Flash card using Digital camera and
> PC ?
> 

Well, your camera itself should have a function to do it. If not, then its
firmware is lame and you should get a new camera :0

Otherwise, the only other theoretical things I can think of is if you have a
PCMCIA CF reader (which makes the CF card "appear" like an adN disk) or a USB
CF reader (making it appear as a daN disk), you could use the newfs_msdos
command on the proper device node.

man newfs_msdos 

In the case that you have a supported USB CF reader and your CF card was
"seen" as da0, you'd do:

   newfs_msdos /dev/da0s1

Note: I have -NOT- tried this. It is only theory. It may do evil things like
hunt down and destroy your family, throw eggs at your car, or render your CF
card unusable. Then again, maybe it would work. YMMV.

-Jr

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