Robert Heller wrote: > At Thu, 02 Jun 2011 08:27:00 -0700 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > >> I have a usb drive, /media/disk and I want to reformat it. There >> are several questions that come up: >> >> How can I determine the current format? >> >> Do I use the mkfs command? >> >> Many thanks... >> >> Todd > > Here is a step-by-step explaination (and I am going to give the CLI > method -- *I* don't have a clue about how to do with with the > point-and-click interface): > > Fire up an Terminal window (it should be on the right-click menu under > GNome), then in this window type [I will assume you have sudo privs, > otherwise you need to be root (it is not recomended that you actually > log in as root)] > > # Get some information about the disk, includes the physical device name > # and its > /bin/mount | grep /media/disk > # Unmount the disk (be sure to close any open windows relating to the disk) > sudo /bin/umount -v /media/disk > # Format the disk or partition. Replace <type> with the type you want > # (ext2, ext3, vfat, and maybe some others). Replace <mumble> with the > # device file reported above. > sudo /sbin/mkfs -t <type> /dev/<mumble> > > There should be man pages for all of these commands (accessable with > the 'man' command): > > man mount > man umount > man mkfs > man sudo > Who is that "sudo" guy you keep writing about: ;-) RHEL, RHEL, RHEL, not debian. Ljubomir