Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: KH <gentoo-user@××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Formating a USB stick
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:14:18
Message-Id: 4ACDD798.9040107@konstantinhansen.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Formating a USB stick by Daniel Quinn
1 Daniel Quinn schrieb:
2 > Then when you're back at the prompt, run:
3 >
4 > # mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1
5 >
6 > ...if sda is in fact your key. You can even add "-L LabelName" to attach a
7 > label to the stick:
8 >
9 > # mkfs.vfat -L "USB Stick" /dev/sda1
10 >
11 Hi,
12
13 from man mkfs.vfat:
14
15 -n volume-name: Sets the volume name (label) of the file system. The
16 volume name can be up to 11 characters long. The default is no label.
17
18 kh