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Hello, I sucessfuly install DSl on my USB key ... But now I woud like to format my memory stick to recover all my space ( on both partition ). Some one can help me please

Quote (dankav @ Mar. 17 2006,15:03)

Hello, I sucessfuly install DSl on my USB key ... But now I woud like to format my memory stick to recover all my space ( on both partition ). Some one can help me please

I have a similar problem. I tried DSL on my laptop and found that it couldn't use the built-in wifi, which is a deal killer for me. I'm newish to Linux so this was going to be way of getting more familiar.

When DSL didn't appear to be a solution for me, I deleted it from the thumb drive. Now I just want to be able to restore my USB drive to factory condition and not have to buy a new one or pay for software (in which case, I might as well start a new one).

I'm thinking of doing a "fdisk /mbr <disk>" in Windows, but I'm not sure that will help me. Would reinstalling Linux and running LILO help me? If so, does anyone have instructions?

Thanks.

Hi dankav

try this:

Boot up DSL from live CD (NOT from USB stick) then type:

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cd / root
sudo su
cfdisk /dev/sda

then remove or set partitions as required in cfdisk.

I believe that you will then need to format the stick before you use it. I'm not too sure but I think you can do this:

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mkfs –t fat32 /dev/sda

The bit I'm not sure of is the file type fat32 but I think it will work.

cam

You can also do the format on a windows machine simply by right clicking the drive in my computer -> format. :cool:

You can boot from the usb itself if you use toram.

What Ramik wrote won't work as windows does not see the other partition(s), so partitioning is required.

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