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| From | Joe <joe@jretrading.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: how2 format a flash drive |
| Date | 2024-06-25 17:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <ITgAF-5vQg-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <ITeSe-5ura-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:53:41 -0400 Lee <ler762@gmail.com> wrote: > My old laptop died; I just got a new one and it has _no_ optical > drive. But the Debian install from flash instructions were excellent > & I now have a laptop running Debian. > > My question is: how do I reformat the flash drive so it's usable as a > "normal" flash drive again? > > Nothing I tried worked.. I ended up putting the thumb drive in a > Windows machine and formatting it there; it would be nice to know how > to restore the thumb drive to working order on Debian. > Experience suggests that if it will be used on a Windows machine, e.g. for file transfer, it's probably best to format it in Windows. Otherwise Windows will give the occasional error message about it, offer to fix it, and fail miserably. It will still work. Obviously only for the Windows formats, FAT or NTFS. Microsoft pretends not to know about things Not Invented Here. It's possible to have MS and Linux partitions on the same drive. I have one like that, FAT for interchange and ext4 for files that Linux software insists must have certain permissions. -- Joe
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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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