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+ | ==== Where is mkfs.vfat? ==== | ||
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+ | FAT32 (also known as vfat) partitions are commonly used on USB sticks, and they are also quite useful when you have a dual-boot system with Windows on a NTFS partition on the "other side", and want a shared partition where both OS-es can write files.\\ | ||
+ | Now, where did that "'' | ||
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+ | mkfs.msdos -F32 / | ||
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+ | ==== The bootup messages scroll off my screen too fast ==== | ||
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+ | When your Linux kernel boots, it spits out all kinds of informative messages. When the Slackware init scripts start, you'll get even more messages that scroll across your screen. The kernel logs its messages in a ring buffer that you can display (after login) with the command < | ||
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+ | Still, not all of the standard output and standard error from the init scripts is logged to disk. Only when the syslogger is started, will the scripts start logging to ''/ | ||
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+ | One trick can save the day: when your computer finsishes booting up and displays the login prompt, you can scroll back by pressing the key combination < |