[bootlin/training-materials updates] master: Block filesystem lab: used FAT32 instead of FAT16 (01e48d63)

Michael Opdenacker michael.opdenacker at bootlin.com
Wed Mar 17 18:22:42 CET 2021


Repository : https://github.com/bootlin/training-materials
On branch  : master
Link       : https://github.com/bootlin/training-materials/commit/01e48d63a0e1615d50c8e93866c8c2f9dc5bf3b9

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commit 01e48d63a0e1615d50c8e93866c8c2f9dc5bf3b9
Author: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at bootlin.com>
Date:   Wed Mar 17 18:18:19 2021 +0100

    Block filesystem lab: used FAT32 instead of FAT16
    
    - Less confusing and FAT32 just works (more standard)
    
    Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at bootlin.com>


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01e48d63a0e1615d50c8e93866c8c2f9dc5bf3b9
 labs/sysdev-block-filesystems/sysdev-block-filesystems.tex | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/labs/sysdev-block-filesystems/sysdev-block-filesystems.tex b/labs/sysdev-block-filesystems/sysdev-block-filesystems.tex
index 74223b93..5a6a6760 100644
--- a/labs/sysdev-block-filesystems/sysdev-block-filesystems.tex
+++ b/labs/sysdev-block-filesystems/sysdev-block-filesystems.tex
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ following properties:
 
 \begin{itemize}
 
-\item One partition, 64MB big, with the \code{FAT16} partition type.
+\item One partition, 64MB big, with the \code{W95 FAT32 (LBA)} partition type.
   Mark it as bootable. Some ROM codes expect such a flag for
   finding the first stage bootloader (we will eventually store the
   bootloader files and the kernel in this partition).
@@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ Check that your system still works. Congratulations if it does!
 
 You'll first need to format the first partition, using:
 \begin{verbatim}
-sudo mkfs.vfat -F 16 -n boot /dev/mmcblk0p1
+sudo mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n boot /dev/mmcblk0p1
 \end{verbatim}
 
-It will create a new FAT16 partition, called \code{boot}. Remove and
+It will create a new FAT32 partition, called \code{boot}. Remove and
 plug the SD card back in. You can now copy the kernel image and
 Device Tree to it.
 




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