[parted-devel] Why i can not format FAT32 type?

[xerces8]

"baul tan" <baulapp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> I want to format my external U disc to FAT32,but the cmd 'mkfs -t vfat -F 32
> /dev/sda' does not work,as follow:
> 
> [root at localhost linux-2.6.20.6]# mkfs -t vfat -F 32  /dev/sda
> mkfs.vfat 2.11 (12 Mar 2005)
> mkfs.vfat: Will not try to make filesystem on full-disk device '/dev/sda'
> (use -I if wanted)
> [root at localhost linux-2.6.20.6]#
> 
> when  I added the option -I ,seems OK. as follow:
> 
> [root at localhost linux-2.6.20.6]# mkfs -t vfat -F 32 -I /dev/sda
> mkfs.vfat 2.11 (12 Mar 2005)

Try using mkfs.vfat directly. And read its man page.

Regards,
David