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226 lines
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>USB Flash Memory HOWTO</TH
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>1. Purpose</H1
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> The purpose of this document is to describe procedures for
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implementing USB flash memory devices (memory sticks) on
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Linux. This entails the following:
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> making over-the-counter devices, pre-formatted for the MS
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Windows system, work on Linux;
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</P
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> formatting the device in the ext2 filesystem on a single
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partition and making it work. This is intended for situations
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where the device will be used exclusively on Linux machines;
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</P
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> formatting the device on a dual partition in the ext2 and
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vfat filesystems and making it work. The purpose of this
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is for situations where Linux + Linux and Linux + Windows are
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possible;
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> making the device more user friendly;
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</P
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> maintaining the filesystem of the device;
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> using additional features of Linux-2.6.x.
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> The procedures described in this document should work on
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any USB memory stick device which can be operated as a read-write
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device. Read-only devices do not fall in this category. The
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procedures will not work if the write facility of the device is
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disabled (i.e. if the write protect switch is on).
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</P
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> The procedures described for formatting and maintenance in
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particular filesystems may (in principle) be adapted for other
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filesystems such as ext3 and reiserfs. These have not been tried
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and tested. Neither has any attention been paid to adaptation of
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the procedures to other related operating systems.
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> It may be dangerous to re-format the flash memory
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intended for a digital camera. The camera may then be unable to
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understand it. Use the camera's built-in menu system to do this
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reformatting for you.
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