[Sugar-devel] Fwd: About installing Sugar on a stick... with "--format"

[Coltivare Fiori]

On 09/10/2012 17:04, Frederick Grose wrote:
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> Ok, done editing http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Linux .
> Thanks!
> 
> Ernesto
> 
> **************
> 
> The warning should also include this reference,
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/How_to_Damage_a_FLASH_Storage_Device
> 
> When formatting is necessary, using the --format --msdos options may
> mitigate that risk, (and leaves the device usable in other consumer
> electronics, such as cameras, etc.)
> 

OK, but I am not sure that I understand what you mean enough to edit the
page myself (I never noticed the --msdos option).

Actually this "--format" option allowed me to create a SoaS on a Ubuntu
12.04, whilst I could not do so following the Wiki.

Sorry!

Ernesto