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From: Wol <antlists@youngman.org.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] format usb as ext4
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2024 23:35:38 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <939a56e1-3b3d-4984-8d38-a1e150130559@youngman.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHqckJ3jngD5NMxcNPbLUjZRtyM-6cC1wdcz2Y0ok0HeT2Ee2g@mail.gmail.com>

On 24/10/2024 04:01, Mitchell Dorrell wrote:
> I have no idea whether you can skip the partition table and still be 
> usable with computers running Windows or Mac OS or with embedded systems 
> like home printers or commercial photo kiosks.

Seeing as it's removable media I would expect most of those to have 
problems if you DID have a partition table. It's linux that's unusual in 
being happy with a partition table on removable media.

Cheers,
Wol


  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-11-03 23:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-10-24  0:34 [gentoo-user] format usb as ext4 syscon edm
2024-10-24  2:19 ` Mitchell Dorrell
2024-10-24  2:34   ` syscon edm
2024-10-24  2:42     ` Jack Ostroff
2024-10-24 13:11       ` syscon edm
2024-10-24 13:16         ` Michael
2024-10-24  3:01     ` Mitchell Dorrell
2024-10-24  8:33       ` Jacques Montier
2024-11-03 23:35       ` Wol [this message]
2024-11-04  2:11         ` Matt Jolly
2024-11-04  7:35           ` Wols Lists
2024-11-04  8:32             ` Viorel Munteanu

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