vinodt1347 wrote: 
> how do I format a hard disk in linux. first time user.. Have used unix
> in the past tho..
You probably need to format the drive with fdisk and then use mkfs.ext4
to format the partition.  You will need to do this on an ssh session I'm
afraid.

First find out what the device is as getting the wrong one will mean
erasing other files - its probably /dev/sda if it is the first usb
device

So:
fdisk /dev/sda (create a partition number 1 following the menus)
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1


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