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How to reformat an SD card with a FAT filesystem on an OLPC XO laptop.

Warning: loses the contents of the SD card, and may not provide best performance.

== Ingredients ==
* an OLPC XO laptop with OLPC OS 13.2.0,
* an SD card with any filesystem,

== Recipe ==
* start Terminal activity,
* install GParted, type this:
 sudo yum install -y gparted
* insert the SD card,
* start GParted, type this:
 sudo gparted
* wait for the GParted window to appear,
* select the external SD card; GParted -> Devices -> /dev/mmcblk0 or /dev/mmcblk1,
* select the partition,
* unmount the partition; Partition -> Unmount,
* delete the partition; Partition -> Delete,
* create the filesystem; Partition -> New, File system: fat, Label: x, Add,
* apply all pending operations; Edit -> Apply All Operations,
* stop GParted; GParted -> Quit,
* eject and reinsert the SD card, or reboot,