formatting a USB flash drive — #13

Post #13 by yuhong

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Software
Post Date	Sun, 5 Sep 2010 - 22:10
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/formatting-a-usb-flash-drive.19555/

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I second phreakout and Bunsen's suggestion to ensure the OS 9 drivers checkbox is ticked. Because Apple would rather pretend that Mac OS 9 never existed, when you format a volume in Mac OS X (any version), it does not actually install the drivers (software that allows you to access the volume) for Mac OS 9 systems by default - you must ensure that checkbox is ticked if you plan to use the drive on an OS 9 (or below) system.

I don't think that is the problem in this case. If it was an IDE or SCSI drive, it would be, but this is an USB flash drive. I think the real reason is OP formatted it using the GPT partition scheme. Mac OS 9 only recognises APM and MBR schemes - it is too old to recognise GPT. Go to the Partition tab, choose Options..., and check the partition scheme selected.