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slackware:usbboot [2006/10/02 20:55] – Some touch-ups to the text. alienslackware:usbboot [2006/10/03 13:06] – The USB stick's partition should be FAT16 (checked on my new 2GB stick) alien
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 ===== Restoring a USB stick to its original state ===== ===== Restoring a USB stick to its original state =====
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-  * Then, create a new FAT32 partition on the stick and write a FAT32 filesystem on it (vfat or //type 'b'// in fdisk terminology): <code>+  * Then, create a new FAT16 partition (//type '6'// in fdisk terminology) on the stick and write a FAT32 (vfat) filesystem on it: <code>
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