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On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 19:34:39 +0900, daid kahl wrote: |
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> > > The stick will be used in MSWindows mainly. |
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> > In that case, I'd play safe and format it in Windows. |
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> Ah booo! You're formatting it anyway, so there's no data to lose, and |
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> I can't imagine you'd break it by trying to format it. |
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Who mentioned data loss? Formatting in Windows reduces the risk of |
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Windows complaining about the format. It may not be standards-compliant, |
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but at least is is consistently broken. |
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I've had cfdisk complain about too many FAT filesystems that apparently |
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work well, so I generally format in the device that will mainly use the |
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filesystem. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will |
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eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure, |
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and has a lower TCO, than linux. |
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