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<DIV><SPAN class=162585412-01012004><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Ok gentlemen and
ladies</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=162585412-01012004><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=162585412-01012004><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>I have been asked
how to do some things with a Flash Disk...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<OL>
<LI><SPAN class=162585412-01012004><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>unmount a flash
disk</FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN class=162585412-01012004><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>format a flash
disk to vFAT or such</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>mount the flash disk to read/write with the FAT
FS</FONT></LI></OL>
<DIV><SPAN class=162585412-01012004><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>The lady in
question, Margo, can mount her partner's Flash disk without a problem in
(Red Hat) Fedora, yet her disk will not.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=162585412-01012004><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=162585412-01012004><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2>As she said
to me online: "when I plug it in, fedora inserts the correct line in the fstab
to mount the disk with auto to pick up the fs"</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=162585412-01012004><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=162585412-01012004><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Make of Flash
Disks: a-data</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=162585412-01012004><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2>Flash disk
that works is: 32mg usb1.0 - never formatted</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=162585412-01012004><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2>Flash disk
that will not: a new 256mg usb2.0 - formatted in XP to FAT / FAT32 with and
without the utilities for the drive</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=162585412-01012004><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=162585412-01012004><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Can anyone help me
with this one - I'm lost anyhow :)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=162585412-01012004><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000080
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=162585412-01012004><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000080
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=162585412-01012004><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000080 size=2>I've
CC-ed Margo this question so if you reply can you send to her as well?
Thanks</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=162585412-01012004><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000080
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=162585412-01012004><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000080
size=2>Ady</FONT></SPAN></DIV></SPAN>
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