Re: How to format usb stick ?

[James Stuckey <jhstuckey@gmail.com>]

First format the disk: fdisk /dev/* d n p 1 w 

Then, mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/*1

(replace * with the device label which you can find from dmesg)

ciao
James

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Joao Ferreira gmail <joao.miguel.c.ferreira@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 15:16 +0200, Axel Freyn wrote:
> Hi,
> > How can I format USB stick with vfat?
> > In system menu, I cannot find the tools for it.
> I would propose to use a text console. The tool is "mkfs.vfat",
> contained in the debian-package "dosfstools" (This has to be installed
> first).

You can also try gparted if you'dd prefer GUI based... It also allows
you to re-arrange the partitions.


cheers
jmf

>
> HTH,
>
> Axel
>
>



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