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Problem:
Attempting to make a vfat filesystem returns error as follows:
[root@archlinux steve]# mkfs.vfat -F 16 /dev/mmcblk0p1
bash: mkfs.vfat: command not found
and also I tried:
[root@archlinux steve]# mkfs --type vfat /dev/mmcblk0p1
mkfs.vfat: No such file or directory
so it seems mkfs.vfat is not on my system so I check:
[root@archlinux steve]# which mkfs
/usr/bin/mkfs
[root@archlinux steve]# which mkfs.vfat
which: no mkfs.vfat in (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl)
[root@archlinux steve]# cd /usr/bin
[root@archlinux bin]# ls mk*
mk_cmds mkfontscale mkfs.ext3 mkfs.xfs mkmanifest
mkdir mkfs mkfs.ext4 mkhomedir_helper mknod
mkdiskimage mkfs.bfs mkfs.ext4dev mkhybrid mkreiserfs
mke2fs mkfs.btrfs mkfs.jfs mkinitcpio mkswap
mkfifo mkfs.cramfs mkfs.minix mkisofs mktemp
mkfontdir mkfs.ext2 mkfs.reiserfs mklost+found
Note: I am able to create other filesystems on the partitions but not vfat. Gparted did not list vfat but listed fat16, fat32 but grayed out.
Environment:
Fully updated Arch on PC laptop. Device is a sandisk MicroSD 16GB card plugged directly into the laptop.
I tried my friend google and searched his main bud bbs.archlinux with no help. Looked at the wiki also. I also tried to find the package that mkfs belongs but it must be core(?).
Anyone have an idea?
tks
Steve.
Last edited by stevepa (2014-12-24 05:25:16)
Arch - LVM - ext4 - gnome (T60p 14.1 1400p x86_64), (T60 15 flexview 1400p i686)
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pkgfile is your friend:
~ > pkgfile mkfs.vfat
core/dosfstools
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pkgfile is your friend:
~ > pkgfile mkfs.vfat core/dosfstools
You're a genius!
mkfs.vfat works.
Tks so much.
Steve.
Arch - LVM - ext4 - gnome (T60p 14.1 1400p x86_64), (T60 15 flexview 1400p i686)
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The wiki tells you how to find in which package is X: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FA … ge_is_X.3F
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Also, don't forget to mark your thread as [Solved].
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Not a Syadmin issue, moving to NC...
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