Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2012 14:27:05 +0100 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Format a USB flash drive using gpart Message-ID: <4FF98AA9.1070308@cran.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20120708143032.89aad1ea.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <BLU0-SMTP96EE9BFC96D3D905EA7D7493ED0@phx.gbl> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1207072029150.45162@wonkity.com> <BLU0-SMTP10303882837C7BA6EAE3BDE93EC0@phx.gbl> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1207081412460.1745@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20120708143032.89aad1ea.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 08/07/2012 13:30, Polytropon wrote: > With few routine, tasks are performed more natural using > the desired CLI tools. You don't go "Now I have to remember > which command to format the disk", you just format the disk, > which means "spaking to" newfs. The more often you do it, > the more obvious the tools are, and they won't change in > look and feel (or options). That makes them superior. How do you format a FAT32 partition? newfs won't work. Is it newfs_vfat, newfs_fat32, newfs_msdos etc.? And how do you specify you want FAT32 instead of FAT12 or FAT16? With a good GUI tool like diskmgmt.msc in Windows 2008 you simply right-click the partition and click "New Volume" to create a new partition, or "Format" to format it - and then follow the prompts. Of course using diskpart is faster if you know the commands and parameters, but for an ordinary user adding a new disk maybe once a year it's most likely more efficient to just use the GUI. -- Bruce Cran
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