Format FAT32 partition with set “Allocation Unit Size”





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I wish to format a FAT32 partition with set AUS of 32K. I've read the man page man mkfs.fat, and the only thing that I can find is



-S LOGICAL-SECTOR-SIZE
Specify the number of bytes per logical sector. Must be a power of 2 and greater than or equal to 512, i.e. 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, or 32768.


I don't know whether this is the "AUS", but I tried it out, and set -S 32768. This happened:



user@pc:~$ sudo mkfs.fat -S 32768 /dev/sdb1
mkfs.fat 3.0.28 (2015-05-16)
Warning: sector size is set to 32768 > 4096, such filesystem will not propably mount
WARNING: Not enough clusters for a 32 bit FAT!
mkfs.fat: Attempting to create a too large filesystem


I also tried sudo mkfs.fat -I -S 32768 /dev/sdb if that works, and it doesn't. Same error prints out.










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    Note: This answer didn't work for me.



    I wish to format a FAT32 partition with set AUS of 32K. I've read the man page man mkfs.fat, and the only thing that I can find is



    -S LOGICAL-SECTOR-SIZE
    Specify the number of bytes per logical sector. Must be a power of 2 and greater than or equal to 512, i.e. 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, or 32768.


    I don't know whether this is the "AUS", but I tried it out, and set -S 32768. This happened:



    user@pc:~$ sudo mkfs.fat -S 32768 /dev/sdb1
    mkfs.fat 3.0.28 (2015-05-16)
    Warning: sector size is set to 32768 > 4096, such filesystem will not propably mount
    WARNING: Not enough clusters for a 32 bit FAT!
    mkfs.fat: Attempting to create a too large filesystem


    I also tried sudo mkfs.fat -I -S 32768 /dev/sdb if that works, and it doesn't. Same error prints out.










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      Note: This answer didn't work for me.



      I wish to format a FAT32 partition with set AUS of 32K. I've read the man page man mkfs.fat, and the only thing that I can find is



      -S LOGICAL-SECTOR-SIZE
      Specify the number of bytes per logical sector. Must be a power of 2 and greater than or equal to 512, i.e. 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, or 32768.


      I don't know whether this is the "AUS", but I tried it out, and set -S 32768. This happened:



      user@pc:~$ sudo mkfs.fat -S 32768 /dev/sdb1
      mkfs.fat 3.0.28 (2015-05-16)
      Warning: sector size is set to 32768 > 4096, such filesystem will not propably mount
      WARNING: Not enough clusters for a 32 bit FAT!
      mkfs.fat: Attempting to create a too large filesystem


      I also tried sudo mkfs.fat -I -S 32768 /dev/sdb if that works, and it doesn't. Same error prints out.










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      Note: This answer didn't work for me.



      I wish to format a FAT32 partition with set AUS of 32K. I've read the man page man mkfs.fat, and the only thing that I can find is



      -S LOGICAL-SECTOR-SIZE
      Specify the number of bytes per logical sector. Must be a power of 2 and greater than or equal to 512, i.e. 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, or 32768.


      I don't know whether this is the "AUS", but I tried it out, and set -S 32768. This happened:



      user@pc:~$ sudo mkfs.fat -S 32768 /dev/sdb1
      mkfs.fat 3.0.28 (2015-05-16)
      Warning: sector size is set to 32768 > 4096, such filesystem will not propably mount
      WARNING: Not enough clusters for a 32 bit FAT!
      mkfs.fat: Attempting to create a too large filesystem


      I also tried sudo mkfs.fat -I -S 32768 /dev/sdb if that works, and it doesn't. Same error prints out.







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          man mkfs.fat:



          -s SECTORS-PER-CLUSTER
          Specify the number of disk sectors per cluster. Must be a power of
          2, i.e. 1, 2, 4, 8, ... 128.


          The allocation unit size is also known as the cluster size.






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          • Tried that out. I want 32 KB clusters, and 1 sector is 512 bytes. Therefore, I set -s 64. But I tried blockdev --getbsz /dev/sdb1, and 4096 came out. What does this mean?

            – The Holy See
            Jan 9 '17 at 3:39











          • Also did fsinfo /dev/sdb1 and st_blksize is 4096.

            – The Holy See
            Jan 9 '17 at 3:39












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          man mkfs.fat:



          -s SECTORS-PER-CLUSTER
          Specify the number of disk sectors per cluster. Must be a power of
          2, i.e. 1, 2, 4, 8, ... 128.


          The allocation unit size is also known as the cluster size.






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          • Tried that out. I want 32 KB clusters, and 1 sector is 512 bytes. Therefore, I set -s 64. But I tried blockdev --getbsz /dev/sdb1, and 4096 came out. What does this mean?

            – The Holy See
            Jan 9 '17 at 3:39











          • Also did fsinfo /dev/sdb1 and st_blksize is 4096.

            – The Holy See
            Jan 9 '17 at 3:39
















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          man mkfs.fat:



          -s SECTORS-PER-CLUSTER
          Specify the number of disk sectors per cluster. Must be a power of
          2, i.e. 1, 2, 4, 8, ... 128.


          The allocation unit size is also known as the cluster size.






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          • Tried that out. I want 32 KB clusters, and 1 sector is 512 bytes. Therefore, I set -s 64. But I tried blockdev --getbsz /dev/sdb1, and 4096 came out. What does this mean?

            – The Holy See
            Jan 9 '17 at 3:39











          • Also did fsinfo /dev/sdb1 and st_blksize is 4096.

            – The Holy See
            Jan 9 '17 at 3:39














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          man mkfs.fat:



          -s SECTORS-PER-CLUSTER
          Specify the number of disk sectors per cluster. Must be a power of
          2, i.e. 1, 2, 4, 8, ... 128.


          The allocation unit size is also known as the cluster size.






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          man mkfs.fat:



          -s SECTORS-PER-CLUSTER
          Specify the number of disk sectors per cluster. Must be a power of
          2, i.e. 1, 2, 4, 8, ... 128.


          The allocation unit size is also known as the cluster size.







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          • Tried that out. I want 32 KB clusters, and 1 sector is 512 bytes. Therefore, I set -s 64. But I tried blockdev --getbsz /dev/sdb1, and 4096 came out. What does this mean?

            – The Holy See
            Jan 9 '17 at 3:39











          • Also did fsinfo /dev/sdb1 and st_blksize is 4096.

            – The Holy See
            Jan 9 '17 at 3:39



















          • Tried that out. I want 32 KB clusters, and 1 sector is 512 bytes. Therefore, I set -s 64. But I tried blockdev --getbsz /dev/sdb1, and 4096 came out. What does this mean?

            – The Holy See
            Jan 9 '17 at 3:39











          • Also did fsinfo /dev/sdb1 and st_blksize is 4096.

            – The Holy See
            Jan 9 '17 at 3:39

















          Tried that out. I want 32 KB clusters, and 1 sector is 512 bytes. Therefore, I set -s 64. But I tried blockdev --getbsz /dev/sdb1, and 4096 came out. What does this mean?

          – The Holy See
          Jan 9 '17 at 3:39





          Tried that out. I want 32 KB clusters, and 1 sector is 512 bytes. Therefore, I set -s 64. But I tried blockdev --getbsz /dev/sdb1, and 4096 came out. What does this mean?

          – The Holy See
          Jan 9 '17 at 3:39













          Also did fsinfo /dev/sdb1 and st_blksize is 4096.

          – The Holy See
          Jan 9 '17 at 3:39





          Also did fsinfo /dev/sdb1 and st_blksize is 4096.

          – The Holy See
          Jan 9 '17 at 3:39


















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