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| From | "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: how2 format a flash drive |
| Date | 2024-06-25 16:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <ITflf-5uVC-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <ITeSe-5ura-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
Hi, Lee wrote: > My question is: how do I reformat the flash drive so it's usable as a > "normal" flash drive again? You have to delete the partitions of the USB stick which came with the ISO. Then you create one or more partitions. Then you format them to a writable filesystem each. If it shall serve for file exchange with MS-Windows or Macs, then you probably want just one partition with FAT as filesystem. I would do the first and second step by program "fdisk" and the third step by program "mkfs.fat". If you prefer a GUI program, look for GParted or what your desktop offers for the tasks of partitioning and filesystem formatting. ------------------------------------------------------------------- In hindsight it would of course have been advisable to make a copy of the USB stick to an image file before putting the netinst ISO onto it. Assuming that the USB stick is /dev/sdc and you home directory offers enough space for the size of the USB stick this would have been something like: dd if=/dev/sdc bs=1M of="$HOME"/usb_stick.img Later you would put it back onto the USB stick the same way as you did with the netinst ISO image. Have a nice day :) Thomas
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how2 format a flash drive Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-06-25 16:00 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-06-25 16:30 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-06-25 16:50 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-06-25 18:30 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-06-25 18:50 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive eben@gmx.us - 2024-06-25 19:20 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-06-26 01:00 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-06-25 21:40 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-06-25 17:50 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2024-06-25 18:50 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-06-26 01:30 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-06-25 21:50 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive eben@gmx.us - 2024-06-25 22:20 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive George at Clug <Clug@goproject.info> - 2024-06-26 01:30 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive sd@swampdog.co.uk - 2024-06-27 15:30 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-06-29 18:50 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2024-06-29 19:40 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-07-01 04:40 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com> - 2024-07-01 07:50 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-07-01 15:10 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-07-01 15:50 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com> - 2024-07-01 21:30 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2024-07-02 05:50 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-07-02 06:10 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-07-02 06:40 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive George at Clug <Clug@goproject.info> - 2024-07-02 06:50 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-07-02 10:20 +0200
Telemetry, data hoarding [was: how2 format a flash drive] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-07-02 10:30 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com> - 2024-07-02 11:20 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2024-07-02 17:20 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-07-02 10:30 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com> - 2024-07-02 11:30 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-07-02 22:40 +0200
Browser traffic interception/inspection (was: how2 format a flash drive) Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-06-29 22:50 +0200
Re: Browser traffic interception/inspection Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-06-30 03:40 +0200
Re: Browser traffic interception/inspection Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-06-30 08:00 +0200
Re: Browser traffic interception/inspection Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-06-30 17:40 +0200
Re: Browser traffic interception/inspection Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-07-01 09:00 +0200
Re: Browser traffic interception/inspection Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-07-01 17:10 +0200
Re: Browser traffic interception/inspection Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-07-07 23:50 +0200
Re: Browser traffic interception/inspection Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-07-08 04:40 +0200
Re: Browser traffic interception/inspection Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-07-08 16:30 +0200
Re: Browser traffic interception/inspection (was: how2 format a flash drive) Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-07-01 03:40 +0200
Re: Browser traffic interception/inspection (was: how2 format a flash drive) Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-07-01 03:50 +0200
Re: Browser traffic interception/inspection (was: how2 format a flash drive) Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-07-01 07:50 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2024-06-30 08:20 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-07-01 08:00 +0200
Re: how2 format a flash drive Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch> - 2024-07-06 17:50 +0200
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