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USB Flash Memory HOWTO

Niko Sauer

Unit of Advanced Study
University of Pretoria, South Africa

< nikos@friedrichs.up.ac.za>

Revision History
Revision 0.06	2004-03-10	Revised by: ns
Added section on Linux-2.6.
Revision 0.05	2003-12-26	Revised by: ejh
Technical review.
Revision 0.04	2003-12-11	Revised by: ns

Revision 0.03	2003-12-02	Revised by: ejh
Technical review.
Revision 0.02	2003-10-30	Revised by: ns
Changed 2003-11-20

This document describes procedures for installing USB Flash Memory devices and the way of formatting them for various file systems such as vfat (the way they usually come) and ext2 (the way they fit in better with Linux). It is also described how to partition the device in two sections with different file types.

Table of Contents

2. Physical devices

3. Buying a memory stick

5. Hardware and kernel

5.1. Setup
5.2. Kernel options
5.3. Notes

6. Some basic concepts

6.1. The /proc filesystem
6.2. SCSI devices
6.3. The USB device filesystem
6.4. The ext2 filesystem
6.5. The vfat filesystem
6.6. Explanation of command options

7. Basic verifications

7.1. A quick check
7.2. Probing the /proc filesystem
7.3. Mounting the USB filesystem
7.4. Tests -- vfat

8. Setting up an Ext2 filesystem

8.1. Partitioning
8.2. Making an ext2 device
8.3. Tests -- ext2

9. Setting up a dual partition

9.1. Partitioning
9.2. Making a dual ext2/vfat system
9.3. Tests -- ext2 and vfat
9.4. Configuring Linux for the dual partition

10. Making the memory stick accessible to users

11. Maintenance

11.1. Filesystem inspection
11.2. And then?

12. The Linux-2.6 kernel

12.1. What is new?
12.2. Kernel options
12.3. Notes
12.4. Hotplugging and Naming

13. Formalities

13.1. Copyright Information
13.2. Disclaimer
13.3. Credits
13.4. Feedback

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