[Wylug-discuss] Formatting MP3 Player

[Christopher McLean]

Hmmmmm... tread carefully. Mp3 players sometimes have their very own special set of files they need. if it's an iToy, go here and read things about initialisation and how to use gtkPod http://www.gtkpod.org/, and carry a big stick as well. For non-iToys, as root from the command line, try the following to ID what disk it's assigned to:

	fdisk -l (when it's plugged in)
	-OR-
	tail -f /var/log/messages (before plugging it in, then plug it in)

once you've got the disk id, do:

	mkfs -t vfat /dev/<ID>


good luck, but I'd try a google on "ubuntu initialise format <YOUR MODEL>" before trying to break anything from a command line.

Chris