How to format flush drive in linux?

Asked By Hollis Riley 100 points N/A Posted on - 08/25/2012

Hi, I want to format my USB device in Linux machine. Can anyone help me?

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Answered By Sharlene Rubi 10 points N/A #133762

How to format flush drive in linux?

 

Hi Riley,

This is very easy command to format your pen drive,

You need to follow a few instructions which I have given below. You just type following command…

mkfs –t ext4 /dev/sda

“sda” is your device name, it can be sdb, sdc also.

You can get more help in following site: https://tecadmin.net/format-usb-in-linux/

Sharlene Rubi

 

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Answered By jerrus123 0 points N/A #133763

How to format flush drive in linux?

 

Hi,

To format your USB device in Linux machine.

First, you must "unmount" the device but leave it plugged in. "Unmount" is equivalent to "Safely Remove     

Device" in windows .To unmount, use command

 umount /dev/sdf

 Once the device has been unmounted, execute the format.

 mkfs.vfat /dev/sdf

The device will be formatted, and then you can remount the device eventually.

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Jerameel Cyrus Tubon

 

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