Questions relating to the FAT32 file system architecture.
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how to format a external HDD in Fat32 to swap between Ubuntu and Windows 7
Have a 750 gig external HDD. Have format it in Ubuntu 12.10 using FAT32 since I have to switch between windows, linux and osX. Used quick format option when doing this. Have named drive but Ubuntu ...
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1.5 TB USB Drive failed to mount
Seagate 1.5Tb FreeAgent USB Hard Drive. Formatted FAT32. I figure it is 75% full.
Used to work fine in XUBUNTU it shows up in Cairo Dock but when I click on it I get "failed to mount drive'. Nautilus ...
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Windows 7, Ubuntu 12.04 dual boot hard drive issues
I have recently bought a new laptop, and as I use Ubuntu on my desktop, but want to play games on my laptop, i installed both windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 on the laptop. It all went pretty well, I can ...
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Encrypting FAT32 with Luks
In previous versions of Ubuntu I was able to encrypt USB flashdrives using the disks tool in any format I pleased. Now unfortunately I am only able to encrypt a flash drive in EXT format. This is ...
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Force mount Fat16 partiton?
I have a Windows XP HDD that no longer wants to mount. Long story short, I tried to acces my data through a Ubuntu Live USB. The hard drive wouldn't auto mount, thus I created a mount point using:
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Ubuntu and fat partition, why and can I change it?
I have a mac from 2006 and it is already not supported by new Apple system. So I did get back to Linux and I did chose Ubuntu 13.04. I did install Ubuntu side by side with OSX, but I did notice that ...
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How can I mark an external drive as not read-only?
I have an external 320GB Samsung drive, which got marked as read only after I put a system on suspend a while back and then pulled the drive out. I had forgotten to unmount the drive before doing so, ...
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Why does mkfs fail with 'Read-only file system'?
I'm trying to format a pen drive using mkfs, but it fails with: Read-only file system. Here is what I have tried so far:
$ sudo hdparm -r0 /dev/sdb1
/dev/sdb1:
setting readonly to 0 (off)
readonly ...
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Why does my FAT32 USB attached disk not mount in 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04?
I run Ubuntu 12.04 x64. I have a FAT32 USB disk with valuable data on it but it does not mount.
I can see and access it when I plug it in to a Windows machine, but not on Ubuntu. I tried all kind of ...
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Get back vfat file system support
I am using my machine for Embedded System Development. My kernel version is 3.2.0-23. Yesterday I was attempting to load a new kernel image to the sd card. Accidentally instead of overwriting the ...
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Is there no more Encrypted File Systems in 12.10?
I'm trying to encrypt a FATFS using the disk tool. When I opened it in 12.10, I realized that it was impossible from the GUI. Is there anyway to do this from the CLI?
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How to mount fat32 automatically to manage pictures in Shotwell
I use Shotwell to manage my picture library.
The pictures are all on a fat32 partition, as I want to be able to access them as well from Windows.
With the fresh installation of Ubuntu 12.04 I always ...
