USB Flash Memory HOWTO
Niko Sauer
| Revision History | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revision 0.06 | 2004-03-10 | Revised by: ns |
| Added section on Linux-2.6. | ||
| Revision 0.05 | 2003-12-26 | Revised by: ejh |
| Technical review. | ||
| Revision 0.04 | 2003-12-11 | Revised by: ns |
| Revision 0.03 | 2003-12-02 | Revised by: ejh |
| Technical review. | ||
| Revision 0.02 | 2003-10-30 | Revised by: ns |
| Changed 2003-11-20 | ||
This document describes procedures for installing USB Flash Memory devices and the way of formatting them for various file systems such as vfat (the way they usually come) and ext2 (the way they fit in better with Linux). It is also described how to partition the device in two sections with different file types.
- Table of Contents
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Physical devices
- 3. Buying a memory stick
- 4. Reading
- 5. Hardware and kernel
- 5.1. Setup
- 5.2. Kernel options
- 5.3. Notes
- 6. Some basic concepts
- 7. Basic verifications
- 8. Setting up an Ext2 filesystem
- 8.1. Partitioning
- 8.2. Making an ext2 device
- 8.3. Tests -- ext2
- 9. Setting up a dual partition
- 10. Making the memory stick accessible to users
- 11. Maintenance
- 11.1. Filesystem inspection
- 11.2. And then?
- 12. The Linux-2.6 kernel
- 12.1. What is new?
- 12.2. Kernel options
- 12.3. Notes
- 12.4. Hotplugging and Naming
- 13. Formalities
- 13.1. Copyright Information
- 13.2. Disclaimer
- 13.3. Credits
- 13.4. Feedback
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