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Knoppix 3.9 and USB sticks

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Hi,

Anyone seen it where Knoppix doesn't recognise a USB stick as the correct size? I've got Knoppix 3.9 (I know it's not the latest, just a CD I already had burnt), and a Sandisk 16GB NTFS stick.

It seems to be saying there's 385.8MB in total.

Thanks
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  • gaming_guy
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    It could be the NTFS filesystem causing the problems (what does knoppix report when the drive is formatted as FAT32?)

    Does windows (or any other Linux distro) pick the drive up as the correct size?
  • [Deleted User]
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    gaming_guy wrote: »
    It could be the NTFS filesystem causing the problems (what does knoppix report when the drive is formatted as FAT32?)

    Does windows (or any other Linux distro) pick the drive up as the correct size?
    Correct in XP and Win 7. New stick. Freshly formatted. Looks like I'm formatting back to FAT32...

    Thanks for the suggestion.
  • fermi
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    edited 13 February 2010 at 2:53PM
    Or use a recent/new linux distribution.

    NTFS fs support has come on in leaps and bounds in the last few years.

    Knoppix 3.9 is from 2005! :eek:

    I'm not surprised it doesn't work.
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  • Richie-from-the-Boro
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    Deleted_User wrote: »
    Correct in XP and Win 7. New stick. Freshly formatted. Looks like I'm formatting back to FAT32...

    Thanks for the suggestion.

    Just remember the maximum single file size will be 4GB on FAT32
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  • gaming_guy
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    fermi wrote: »
    Knoppix 3.9 is from 2005! :eek:

    No wonder it doesn't work properly then :eek:
  • [Deleted User]
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    fermi wrote: »
    Or use a recent/new linux distribution.

    NTFS fs support has come on in leaps and bounds in the last few years.

    Knoppix 3.9 is from 2005! :eek:

    I'm not surprised it doesn't work.
    Fair point. Didn't realise it was so old. Although thinking back to when it was burnt!
  • [Deleted User]
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    Any suggestions on bootable linux distros? Newest Knoppix?
  • gaming_guy
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    ubuntu, suse, fedora, centos (for servers)
  • bat999
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    gaming_guy wrote: »
    ubuntu
    Yes Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic recognizes ntfs straight off.
    (On earlier versions I had to add an extra ntfs package).
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    What's the difference between a bootable iso and me extracting the iso then burning to disc?
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