linux format usb drive as fat32

10/12/2013

linux format usb drive as fat32

go to super mode by typing "su" followed by super mode password

fdisk -l

that will show all the volume in your pc or you can also use the

df

to see the usb flash drive suppose it may be /deb/sdb1

umount /dev/sdb1

that un mount the drive

mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb1

to format drive into fat32 format

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