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On Sat, Dec 26, 2020 at 04:49:16PM -0800, cal wrote |
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> After partitioning (in parted), did you use `mkfs.vfat -F 32 |
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> /dev/<partition ID>` to initialize the FAT32 filesystem on that |
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> partition? |
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> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:Parts/Installation/Disks#Applying_a_filesystem_to_a_partition |
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> `parted` is only editing the partition table, not the filesystems |
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> applied to those partitions. |
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I did "mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1" afterwards and parted showed... |
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Number Start End Size File system Name Flags |
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1 1049kB 269MB 268MB fat16 EFI boot, esp |
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I had never used the "-F" option before. Anyways, I tried |
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"mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sda1" and parted shows... |
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Number Start End Size File system Name Flags |
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1 1049kB 269MB 268MB fat32 EFI boot, esp. |
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So far so good; it was more a scare than a real problem. Thanks for |
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that hint about "-F". |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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