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OOWOW Dump storage can use: ext4
or exfat
file systems.
Please be careful with disk formatted as vfat
, this variant have 4G file size limitation, and not suitable for big dump images. vfat
formatted disks not recommended for oowow usage.
Whole disk variants:
sudo mkfs.ext4 -L MY_DISK /dev/sdX
sudo mkfs.exfat -n MY_DISK /dev/sdX
Please replace /dev/sdX
to actual device name!
Partitions variants: preferred
echo -e "label:dos\n\n part1 : start=2048, type=7\n" | sudo sfdisk /dev/sdX sudo mkfs.exfat -n MY_DISK /dev/sdX1
Formatting inside OOWOW is a easiest way, USB storage will be formatted as exfat
, and will be fully compatible for any usage!
Main Menu ⇒ Advanced ⇒ Format USB user storage disk