How to Format SDCard

PortaPack NEEDS FAT32 or exFAT format for SDCard! Here's how you can format them with your PC.

Linux

Usually all the Desktop Environment provide it's own GUI partition tool. for example GPartition or KDE Partition Manager. If you wanna use CLI way:

1. Identify the SD card device with sudo fdisk -l.

2. Unmount the SD card with sudo umount /dev/sdX1.

3. Format the SD card with sudo mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sdX1.

   • if mkfs.vfat: command not found install dosfstools dependency (eg: sudo pacman -S dosfstools)

4. (Optional) Label the SD card with sudo mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n "SDCARD" /dev/sdX1.

5. Mount the SD card with sudo mount /dev/sdX1 /mnt.

macOS

Just use Disk Utility app.

Windows

• If your sdcard capacity is smaller or equal than/to 32G, just right-click the sdcard driver in Explorer
• If your sdcard capacity is greater than 32G, Download a free partition manager (for example Disk Genius) and format with it.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ARE Windows/Linux/macOS

Just follow the Windows chapter.