Comment 3 for bug 427006

I am using small USB memory sticks (up to 2GB) for tests and creation of Ubuntu LiveUSBs.

Main 'bug' of this thread remains up today (30-Sep).

Recently I noticed another 'malfunction' caused by gdu-format-tool OR disk utility OR nautilus:

Formating a preformated FAT16 USB memory stick results to a 'mixed' FAT16/FAT32 file system (?)

My test:
- attach a FAT16 formated USB memory (I used a 2GB kingston DTmini)
- run Disk Utility to check that it is FAT16 (attachment fat16usb)
- close Disk Utility
- right click on USB memory icon, and 'Format'
- format it with the default 'FAT' selection
- (!) TWO file browsers will appear, close them
- run again Disk Utility to see the FAT16/FAT32 mode (attachment FATedUSB)

As I know FAT32 and FAT16 are similar but different file systems.
In any way if this is not a 'technical' problem it is not clear what the result is.

Regards,
George