Format a pendrive
Format a pendrive
sriharsha Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:59 am
How to Format a pendrive ... is the most common question when a user is using UNIX / LINUX
Answer :-
Method 1 -> Use either gparted or qparterd
Method 2 -> Use the Following command
Step 1 :- use mount -a to find out the device properly
Step 2 :- umount that device using umount command
Step 3 :- $ sudo mkfs.vfat -n <name the pendrive> -I /dev/sdb NOTE:u may have to replace sdb with sda etc.
Check the man pages of mkfsdos and mkfs.vfat for more information
--the post has been updated by admin.karthik the regular expression was miss leading,hence removed.
Answer :-
Method 1 -> Use either gparted or qparterd
Method 2 -> Use the Following command
Step 1 :- use mount -a to find out the device properly
Step 2 :- umount that device using umount command
Step 3 :- $ sudo mkfs.vfat -n <name the pendrive> -I /dev/sdb NOTE:u may have to replace sdb with sda etc.
Check the man pages of mkfsdos and mkfs.vfat for more information
--the post has been updated by admin.karthik the regular expression was miss leading,hence removed.
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