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From: Michael <confabulate@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:52:55
Message-Id: 1827139.PYKUYFuaPT@lenovo.localdomain
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files. by Wols Lists
1 On Sunday, 21 June 2020 00:26:07 BST Wols Lists wrote:
2 > On 21/06/20 00:11, Michael wrote:
3 > > PS. exFAT has made it into the latest Linux kernels.
4 >
5 > Great. So linux may be able to read the card just fine, but it's still
6 > useless in the device I bought it for ... :-)
7 >
8 > Cheers,
9 > Wol
10
11 Ha! The beauty of MSWindows! You're right, Win10 will refuse to format a
12 partition as FAT32 if it is >=32G, it only offers exFAT on removable devices.
13 Less than that size it will offer NTFS, FAT and FAT32 as options.
14
15 However, this is only true if you use the GUI. For those who persist and use
16 the CLI, Win10 won't stop you from formating partitions >32G with FAT32.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files. Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>