On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 08:50:19PM +0200, Stefan Wilhelm wrote: > Hmmmm, I understand what You mean. My request seems to sound rude. Im > not sure if Iam the only one who is interested in that tool. When I > was beginning to work with Linux I was not sure how to format an > external device. Of course now I know it but for beginners this tool > would be very helpful and handy.
"Disks" in GNOME 3 can format things. I think by default it just writes a new table (meaning: Quickformat). I saw a blogpost where a secure format is added. IIRC if something is not formatted yet, GNOME should show a popup which allows you to format it. -- Regards, Olav
