At Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:47:59 +0200 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > 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. Huh? I use CentOS and use sudo. I have never used debian or ubuntu. sudo predates all versions of Linux anyway. I was using it under SunOS (*before* it became Solaris), as well as Ultrix (DECStations) and Irix (SGIs). > > Ljubomir > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / heller at deepsoft.com Deepwoods Software -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments