Check which device is your pendrive with # dmesg | grep usb or # fdisk -l say it is /dev/sda and you want to format it as ext3 # fdisk /dev/sda tips with fdisk: d = delete, p = view partition, n =create new partition, w = write partition table (do this to finish your partitioning)
# mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1 if you only made one partition hth 2008/11/25 aurel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Please take a look here > http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/07/19/restoring-your-usb-key-partition/ > Tere is a lot of interesting subjects about USB & Linux. Enjoy! > > All is well when ends well! > > On Nov 25, 3:17 am, Iron_Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The formatting is the part I am having trouble with. It seems like > > the commands that I am looking for, aren't available in the standard > > install. > > > > The USB stick is only used as a backup of important files for my Linux > > box. > > > > On Nov 24, 7:57 pm, "Chris Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Iron_Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > I am trying to figure out how to format my USB pen drive as an ext3 > > > > partition. I am using Fedora 9. I tried googling to find a > solution, > > > > but most of what I get back wasn't very useful. Any help would be > > > > greatly appreciated. Thanks. > > > > > The USB stick is just a device like a hard drive, located at /dev/usb0 > > > or /dev/sdc1 or something like that. > > > > > Format it like you would a normal hard drive (though a vfat format > > > makes it much more cross-platform, as only Linux and other UNIX > > > variants read ext3 without extensive retrofitting). > > > > > -- > > > Registered Linux Addict #431495 > http://profile.xfire.com/mrstalinman|John<http://profile.xfire.com/mrstalinman%7CJohn>3:16! > http://www.fsdev.net/|http://lordsauron.wordpress.com/<http://www.fsdev.net/%7Chttp://lordsauron.wordpress.com/> > > > > > > > -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://gameornot.net --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
