I decided to start all over again.
After going all the way thru I get to the part at the end where I try to Format my FAT partition.

I type in : sudo gainroot
mkdosfs /dev/mmcblk0p1

And instead of getting : [it will pause after a string of ###, then get back to a # prompt]

I get this response : mkdosfs 2.11 (12 Mar 2005)
mkdosfs: /dev/mmcblk0p1 contains a mounted
file system.

Is that what my problem is here ?? and how do I correct that?