Re: how to format
Makes sense, ntfs package needs to be installed on debian system before
that can happen.
Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
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On Sat, 29 Oct 2022, K0LNY_Glenn wrote:
> Yeah, when I couldn't get it to work, I searched it on-line, and it gave
> examples, and no extensions work, they are all like typing mkfs alone.
> >From what I have read, I should be able to do:
> sudo mkfs.ntfs /dev/sdc1
> And I tried another sort I read on-line:
> sudo mkfs -t ntfs /dev/sdc1
> But nothing worked.
> So I used fdisk to remove the partition, then I made a new one, it didn't
> offer a FS type, so I plugged it into windows to format it NTFS.
> I wish I could have done it in Linux.
> I just bought a new 64 GB thumb drive, and I didn't want a new drive to have
> some malware on it, so I like to wipe the partition and reformat it, in case
> they get infected during manufacturing.
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel@panix.com>
> To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <glenn@ervin.email>;
> <debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2022 8:24 PM
> Subject: Re: how to format
>
>
> mkfs isn't a command. mkfs is a prefix. If yu want to put an ext4
> partition on a drive you use mkfs.ext4. You might check for that command
> and check for the other mkfs commands as well.
>
>
>
> Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
> defense of liberty:
> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
>
> .
>
>
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