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usb_formatting_with_swap_partition [2022/01/05 06:14] rs232usb_formatting_with_swap_partition [2023/05/08 18:51] – [USB formatting with swap partition] -clarity, grammar filesystem warning hogwild
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 For this example, we used a 16GB USB flash drive which is seen in the system as device **sda**. For this example, we used a 16GB USB flash drive which is seen in the system as device **sda**.
  
-**VERY IMPORTANT!** The filesystem you're going to be choosing must support symbolic-links e.g. exfat(vfat) doesn't so entware will not work on it.+**IMPORTANT:** The filesystem you choose must support symbolic links. Exfat and vfat, for example, do not. Entware will not work on them.
  
  
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 <code -> <code ->
-mkfs.ext2 -L USB /dev/sda1 +mkfs.ext2 -L usb /dev/sda1 
-mkswap /dev/sda2+mkswap -L swap /dev/sda2
 </code> </code>
  
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 <code -> <code ->
 swapon /dev/sda2 swapon /dev/sda2
-mkdir /mnt/sda1 && mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1+mkdir /mnt/usb && mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb
 </code> </code>
  
usb_formatting_with_swap_partition.txt · Last modified: 2024/06/17 19:25 by hogwild