Re: mkdosfs on usb pendrive

[Javier Vasquez <j.e.vasquez.v@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Roman Gelfand <rgelfand2@gmail.com> wrote:
> to create partition...
>
> mkdosfs /dev/sda1
>
> To mount the volume
>
> mount /dev/sda1 /pendrive

mkdosfs does not create any partition, it formats the partition to
VFAT, but it has to be created first.  In your example /dev/sda1, the
partition already existed.

If you want to re-partition your drive, you have to use whether
cfdisk, or parted, or gparted, or whatever other tool for that
puspose.  Once you create the partitions of your liking, then you
format them...


-- 
Javier.