[SOLVED] how to format FAT32

theking2 · 2010-09-05 17:02:20

I try to format an external HD with FAT32. But nothing seems to work

[j@janus ~]$ sudo mkfs.msdos -F 32 /dev/sdg1
sudo: mkfs.msdos: command not found

and

[j@janus ~]$ sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sdg1
sudo: mkfs.vfat: command not found

which package needs to be installed?

Last edited by theking2 (2010-09-06 19:07:14)

karol · 2010-09-05 17:17:03

http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?sort … =&limit=50

theking2 · 2010-09-05 17:21:13

thanks

sudo mkfs.msdos -F 32 /dev/sdg1

works now

Last edited by theking2 (2010-09-05 17:22:24)

karol · 2010-09-05 17:27:23

Install pkgtools-git and run

pkgfile some_command

e.g.

[karol@black ~]$ pkgfile mkfs.vfat
extra/dosfstools

to know what package has the file you're looking for.

Please remember to mark this thread as [solved].

theking2 · 2010-09-06 19:09:28

Indeed, After installing dosfstools

pacman -S dosfstools

the mkfs.msdos was available.

What I did do was a search on FAT32 and mkfs.vfat but nothing showed up.

argos.void · 2010-09-07 11:07:56

theking2 wrote:

Indeed, After installing dosfstools
pacman -S dosfstools
the mkfs.msdos was available.
What I did do was a search on FAT32 and mkfs.vfat but nothing showed up.

For the future, if you use Windows-related fs, install ntfsprogs too.

Arch Linux

#1 2010-09-05 17:02:20

[SOLVED] how to format FAT32

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