prodigy111 Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 i just bought this 1gb usb drive. and i thought it would be a good idea to put a linux operating system on it. Just before it was too late to go back the partition of the usb drive was changed to vfat and it is no longer being detected in windows. well its detect as unknown device under universal serial bus devices in device manager. i managed to change the partition type to fat32 but that hasnt solved the problem. i am so frustrated if someone has encounterd this issue or knows how to solve your input on the matter will be much appreciated. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Hello, and welcome to the Windows Forum!Did you get any drivers with that device? Did you install them on Windows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prodigy111 Posted May 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Hello, and welcome to the Windows Forum!Did you get any drivers with that device? Did you install them on Windows?hey,yes i got a small cd with it i doubt it does anything now that i cant even detect my drive on windows but heck ill give it a shotill get back to u if get anythingthx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prodigy111 Posted May 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Unfortunately there was nuthing useful on that cd its all looking crap right nowim still waiting on some help in the matter. any feedback is welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Did you get a manual with that device? Something that explains how to install the drivers? Are there any INF files on that CD?Usually you install the drivers before you attach a USB device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason.b.c Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 i just bought this 1gb usb drive. and i thought it would be a good idea to put a linux operating system on it. Just before it was too late to go back the partition of the usb drive was changed to vfat and it is no longer being detected in windows. well its detect as unknown device under universal serial bus devices in device manager. i managed to change the partition type to fat32 but that hasnt solved the problem. i am so frustrated if someone has encounterd this issue or knows how to solve your input on the matter will be much appreciated. Thank you.Maybe this might help you a bit, It talks about installing a linux operating system on an external drive..( Click Here .) ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WF Support Account Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Shouldn't be much different from a normal install. Make sure you have usb2.0 fatFS and install it just like you would to any drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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