< Formatting an SD card
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This is an add-on section for formatting an SD card to FAT32.
This page is for Linux users only. If you are not on Linux, check out the Windows or Mac pages.
Instructions
- Make sure your SD card is not inserted
- Launch the Linux Terminal
- Type
watch "lsblk"
- Insert your SD card into your PC
- Observe the output. It should match something like this:
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT mmcblk0 179:0 0 3,8G 0 disk └─mmcblk0p1 179:1 0 3,7G 0 part /run/media/user/FFFF-FFFF
- Take note of the device name. In our example above, it was
mmcblk0p1
- If
RO
is set to 1, make sure the lock switch is not slid down
- If
- Hit CTRL + C to exit the menu
- Type in the following for your SD card:
- 2GB or lower:
sudo mkfs.fat /dev/(device name from above) -s 64 -F 16
- This creates a single FAT16 partition with 32 KB cluster size on the SD card
- 4GB - 128GB:
sudo mkfs.fat /dev/(device name from above) -s 64 -F 32
- This creates a single FAT32 partition with 32 KB cluster size on the SD card
- 128GB or higher:
sudo mkfs.fat /dev/(device name from above) -s 128 -F 32
- This creates a single FAT32 partition with 64 KB cluster size on the SD card
- 2GB or lower: