I have created a bootable USB drive to install Lubuntu. Now I would like to format the drive so I can use it normally. How can I do that?
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possible duplicate of How to format a USB or external drive? – karel Aug 30 '14 at 13:17
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see the dupe. also: 13.10 is end of life and AskUbuntu drops support for end of life releases at that moment. Please upgrade to 14.04 for support from AU. – Rinzwind Aug 30 '14 at 13:29
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1This is not a duplicate question because the link by karel provides solutions for standard Ubuntu, which require software additional to that shipped with the default Lubuntu package. – IanS Mar 24 '16 at 07:50
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In Lubuntu the terminal might be the fastest way to format a USB drive.
Find the usb partition: lsblk
alvaro@GNUM4600:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 465.8G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 457.9G 0 part /
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
└─sda5 8:5 0 7.9G 0 part [SWAP]
sdb 8:16 0 238.5G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 0 238.5G 0 part
sdc 8:32 1 1.9G 0 disk /media/alvaro/68A2-E93E <--------------- This is it *
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
Unmount it: umount /dev/sdc
alvaro@GNUM4600:~$ umount /dev/sdc
Make the file system on the entire device: sudo mkfs.vfat -I /dev/sdc
alvaro@GNUM4600:~$ sudo mkfs.vfat -I /dev/sdc
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1@LuminousNutria according to the man pages you can specify the volume name with the -n cl option, e.g.,
sudo mkfs.vfat -n my-disk -I /dev/sdc– Pedro Boechat Jan 26 '22 at 02:47
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There are several options, but assuming you want something "standard" - I would use mkfs.vfat /dev/[MY-USB-DRIVE]. You can run whatever FS you want on there, but vfat is what they usually ship with (e.g. will work on Windows).
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use gparted
If it shows a lock next to the partition you'll need to unmount before removing it (right click - unmount)
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/17001/how-to-format-a-usb-drive-in-ubuntu-using-gparted/
derek kelly
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