Re: usb-storage: how to ruin your hardware(?)

[Ihar 'Philips' Filipau]

Maciej Soltysiak wrote:
> Maybe a message of caution should be displayed in usb-storage
> configure help about attemtping to change partitions and/or filesystems on
> USB storage devices.

  The stuff I have met with CompactFlash cards (*without* USB) - they 
by default were coming formated with single FAT12 partition - no 
partition table whatsoever.
  I had no problems with partitioning and formating (in IDE emulation 
mode).

  But Windoz2kOfBugs was refusing to work with flashes which had 
partition table, and was working Okay with /original/ FAT12 formated 
flashes. Windoz wasn't even trying to read partition table, always 
showing flash as one drive - and sure it was reporting stupid errors 
when you were trying to do something with partitioned flash.

  It looks like /agreement/ (with The Beast) that flashe/memory card 
has to have FAT12.

  No comments.

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