On Fri, 2006-31-03 at 19:11 +0000, Jim Douglas wrote: > >From: "Anil Kumar Sharma" <xplusaks@xxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: Re: USB hard drive > >Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:26:30 +0530 > > > >On 3/31/06, Jim Douglas <jdz99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > No problem on Windows I copied file to the drive. > > > > > > > >First, boot into windows (I hope U have Win2000 or XP) > >Go into manage (Right click 'My Computer') -> manage -> disk management > >-> > > > >check the of partitons numbers and their format > >(primary are 1-2-3-4. extended are 5-6-7- - - - - -) > > It doesn't show any partition numbers at all on windows. > > > > >Now in linux try > ># sfdisk -l << use this very very carefully, better read manpages > >beforehand >> > > sfdisk -l /dev/sda says "No medium found" > > The only difference between this and my memory stick is that the USB HD is > FAT32. I was going to try reformatting to FAT with windows but the only > option Windows gives me is NTFS . > > > Could the reason Linux is not recognizing this device be because it is > FAT32? > FAT32 is fine, but has a maximum size of 32GB, if you try to format a partition larger that 32GB windows will only allow it to be formatted as NTFS. I have a 2.5 inch 40GB USB2/Firewire pocket drive, I formated it with one partition as big as FAT32 could make and made a second partition with the rest of the space. I have all my music on the big partition and use the second partition as a data shuttle. I have been using it since FC1 and have used it on WinXP, Win98, Mac OS 9 and X, using USB, USB2 and Firewire whichever is faster and available. Happy hunting.
