Questions tagged [fat]
File Allocation Table (FAT) is a computer file system architecture now widely used on many computer systems and most memory cards, such as those used with digital cameras.
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Why is this FAT filesystem recording access time?
FAT isn't meant to record file access time, but the FAT filesystem I have in a VeraCrypt container file does. Why is this? This was before I opened the file /run/media/veracrypt1/test: ~ $ stat /run/...
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Why do the MBR partition entry and partition filesystem disagree on the number of sectors?
I've got an SD card used for booting a Beaglebone Black. I was having problems booting from the card, or any card for that matter that I created, and I finally tracked down the problem to a ...
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Create FAT-formatted disk image that can fit 1G file
I'm struggling to create a FAT-formatted a disk image that can store a file of known size. In this case, a 1 GiB file. For example: # Create a file that's 1 GiB in size. dd if=/dev/zero iflag=...
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fsck does not repair FAT32 partition correctly
I have a flash drive formatted with a FAT32 partition. When I pull it out before unmounting it naturally has the dirty bit set and when I use the flash in a Windows machine, Windows complains that the ...
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Can't mount sd card
I can't seem to figure how to mount an old 2GB sd card I had lying around from years ago. I forgot what I had on it... Using Debian 11 with KDE 5.20.5 It's not recognized or mounted when insterted (...
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Understanding Linux FAT fs (FAT, VFAT, FAT32, exFAT) support
I'm trying to understand which FAT based filesystems my Real Time 2.6 Linux supports. I have tried 3 things: /proc/filesystems shows vfat among others non-relevant for the question (like ext2, etc) /...
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VFAT, Linux: Invalid file timestamps shown after a reboot
Just encountered a problem: when rebooting a Linux system, timestamps of all files in the mounted VFAT filesystem are shown in the incorrect timezone. It seems like a device starts thinking that its ...
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is it possible to have a fat32 rootfs partition instead of ext4?
I've successfully installed u-boot and linux kernel on STM32F469-disco board but I still don't have a rootfs. my board has 16MB RAM and 16MB FLASH storage and 32GB SDCARD and the CPU core of it is ARM ...
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Create and populate FAT32 filesystem without mounting it
Is there a way to create a FAT32 filesystem containing a set of files, without needing to mount it or have root access? I am developing a software application for an old operating system as a hobby, ...
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How to run Linux script in FAT (it is not working like on Linux' FS)
How to run Linux script e.g configure etc, in FAT (or alike raw) filesystem ? $ sudo chmod -R 777 . $ ./configure bash: ./configure: Permission denied How to solve ?
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I am having problem will installing development [closed]
I am nod able to install mono development even after i gave apt get update. My system is asking for Mono depends on =6.10.0.104-0-xamarin16+debian10b1 Its also asking Hit https://download.mono-...
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Why does unmounting of a VFAT filesystem result in reading the whole FAT?
Each time I unmount the filesystem of my SD card that I use on my DSLR, I have to wait several seconds for umount command to finish — even if I've just mounted the FS as read-only and immediately ...
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zip file with fat format (on linux)
I am trying to import contacts from micro-SD to (non Android) Nokia phone. So I first exported current contacts on micro-SD card in hope that i will be able to modify the exported file and then import ...
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File order on FAT/FAT32/VFAT file systems
I have several audio devices (car radio, portable radio, MP3 player) that take SD cards and USB sticks with a FAT file system on it. Because these devices have limited intelligence they do not sort ...
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cp: error writing '/location-to-file/file.zip': File too large
Log: ~$ cp -r folder /media/usr/media-name/ cp: error writing '/location-to-file/file.zip': File too large Question: How to copy large files/folders to media in Linux? Excess Details 500 GB Sandisk ...
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