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Another responder mentioned block sizes. Yes, that mb the problem. |
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> I'm new to USB sticks & haven't formatted them in any way: |
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> they seem to have an existing file system on them, |
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> but mb it's Fat32, which seems likely to be inefficient. |
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> So are there any standard recommendations for formatting them ? |
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> Do I simply do 'mke2fs' (the HDDs are formatted with ReiserFS) ? |
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> How about block size ? Thanks for the replies so far. |
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Sticks are usually formatted w/FAT16 as M$ is giving people a hard time |
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about FAT32 (which is even more inefficent.) |
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