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How to properly setup a working FAT32 USB stick?
David Graser:
I can no longer get newly bought USB flash drives to work under ArcaOS 5.1. In the past, I used the reformat.exe tool from the Essentials Package. Its license expired. I have tried formatting with ArcaOS and DFSee to no avail. I always get unknown drive after formatting in Windows or DFSee. I have to admit I am guessing when using DFSee to format the drives. What I find strange is both Windows and DFSee recognize it as a fat32 drive, but ArcaOS does not.
My question is what are the proper steps to get properly formatted FAT32 working drives under ArcaOS?
Dave Yeo:
There's directions at https://www.arcanoae.com/wiki/usb/preparing-usb-msd-disks/
DFSee also has a script to make one under Scripts-->Make FAT32 Data (USB) disk which has usually worked for me.
Tom:
--- Quote from: David Graser on March 01, 2024, 03:34:23 pm ---I can no longer get newly bought USB flash drives to work under ArcaOS 5.1. In the past, I used the reformat.exe tool from the Essentials Package. Its license expired. I have tried formatting with ArcaOS and DFSee to no avail. I always get unknown drive after formatting in Windows or DFSee. I have to admit I am guessing when using DFSee to format the drives. What I find strange is both Windows and DFSee recognize it as a fat32 drive, but ArcaOS does not.
My question is what are the proper steps to get properly formatted FAT32 working drives under ArcaOS?
--- End quote ---
In DFSee: menu Scripts --> Make FAT32 Data (USB) disk
That also adds LVM information, that is needed to be usable under AOS. Just reformatting doesn't add LVM informastion.
David Graser:
Thanks Tom! That did the trick.
Martin Iturbide:
Hello
I have this article on the wiki: https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php?title=Prepare_the_FAT32_USB_Flash_Drive
Let me know if it is still valid, thanks for the Arca Noae link, I had added it there too.
Regards
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