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The pendrives cannot be formatted with fat32, why?

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Please don't top-post.

If it's just your embedded device, then you can do whatever you want, if it sort-kinda looks like FAT, great, but nothing else will care.

But a large part of the reason for using FAT is that the device will be accessible by other systems (perhaps the PC you intend to use to download the firmware on to the flash device). And many of those will be unhappy if the "disk" is formatted inconsistently with its physical size.

Or just insist that the flash device is at least 33MB, and you can force FAT32 without trouble.

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robertwessel2
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Thanks for the good explanation.

But why are you so allergic to top-post,?

I find it convenient because I read the thread, not just the answer, the question is the part of the solution not the reversed.

I looks to me similar than those one that came in a discussions and do not have a correct idea of what is talking about and think they checked the topic...(this happens not only on usenet...)

Sorry this sounds maybe hard, but you directly get the answer !

Are now new rules on the newsgroup ? I now it is almost 10Years I read the NetEti... At that time both were allowed.

Sorry if my post is offending someone, but I would understand why top-post is no longer wanted.

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Reply to
Bibico Cando

Most Usenet groups very strongly prefer bottom (or inline, where appropriate) posting, and top-posters quite frequently get yelled at. In technical news groups the prohibition against top-posting is almost universal, and has always been so. Which is not to say that an occasional top-post doesn't get a pass.

No matter your personal preferences, you should, at the very least, have the courtesy to follow the predominant pattern for posts in each group you post in. And certainly don't top-post a message that has a bunch of bottom/inline-posted quoted material. Nothing like having to bounce back and forth to attempt to read the message.

In any event, the subject has been beaten to death, try googling for "top post usenet".

-Robert

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What's a major annoyance on newsgroups?

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robertwessel2

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The usenet practice has ALWAYS been to post replies after, or intermixed with, the SNIPPED material to which you reply. This keeps things coherent and avoids retransmission of useless material. Top posting has been largely encouraged by broken Microsoft software.

You will never be criticized for proper bottom posting. Many people will not even read a top-posted article.

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