Using 8 GB Flash Drive in 2nd gen mini

I have a 2nd gen mini and recently the 4 GB hard drive died. I read that these can also use Flash Memory in place of the drive. I installed it using IFIXIT.COM's directions and everything worked out fine putting it back together but it still shows a folder with an exclamation point in the display and the Mini won't be seen by iTunes or any of the older updaters. Does the 8 GB Flash Drive require some kind of initialization prior to use? I had thought that iTunes would see it and ask if I wanted to initialize it. Any help would be most appreciated.
Doug

You will need to go to Disk Utility and format the drive (Use HFS+) on the iPod, and then use iTunes to restore the iPod.

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