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So i want to create 2 bootable usb sticks: one for windows 7 and one for ubuntu 14.04. I want to boot those usb's in UEFI mode, both having 64bit ISO's, and install the two OS's in UEFI mode dual boot. (different story-different question). I have found that i must use a FAT32 or a FAT16 format for the usb.

So i go to disk utility (using master boot record) => edit partition. But there's so many partition type options.

My questions are:

  1. Do i use FAT16 or FAT32?

  2. If we take FAT16 for example, what option should i choose between the following:

    • FAT16 <32M (0x04)

    • Hidden FAT16 <32M (0x14)

    • FAT16 (0x06)

    • Hidden FAT16 (0x16)

    • w95 FAT16 (LBA) (0x0e)

    • Hidden w95 FAT16 (LBA) (0x1e)

    • EFI (FAT -12/16/32)

Thanks a lot for the upcoming support!

Zeno
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FAT32 has always worked good for me in a Live or Persistent install. If you want persistent partitions, (casper-rw and home-rw), to get more persistence than FAT32 allows you, (4GB per file), you can make these ext2, (non-journaling) or ext4, (journaling).

FAT32 offers improved disk utilisation over FAT16

C.S.Cameron
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