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| author | Shipwreckt <me@shipwreckt.co.uk> | 2025-10-31 20:02:14 +0000 |
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diff --git a/public/archive/linux/Formatting_USB/index.html b/public/archive/linux/Formatting_USB/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a194a2a --- /dev/null +++ b/public/archive/linux/Formatting_USB/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en"> + <head> + <meta charset="UTF-8"> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> + <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/main.css"> + <title>Formatting USBs With Linux 🔌🔥</title> + </head> + <body> + <article> + <header> + <h1>Formatting USBs With Linux 🔌🔥</h1> + <p class="post-date">August 23, 2024</p> + </header> + <div class="post-content"> + <hr> + <p>Formatting a USB in Linux is easier then <a href="01BurningIsos">burning an ISO</a> and only needs a few quick commands!</p> +<hr> +<h2>What you will need 📋</h2> +<ul> +<li>A USB drive</li> +<li>A computer with Linux 🐧🖥</li> +<li>The ability to read instructions and to follow them 🧠</li> +</ul> +<hr> +<h2>Formatting the USB</h2> +<ol> +<li>The first thing you want to do is plug in your USB stick and identify the USB stick's name.</li> +</ol> +<p>lsblk</p> +<p>Normally the USB will be something like sdX; a tip on identifying it is by looking at the size of the USB in the table that lsblk gives you!</p> +<hr> +<ol start="2"> +<li>Now you need to use a program called <a href="https://linux.die.net/man/8/fdisk">fdisk</a> that will allow you to create a new partition table for the USB, this will format the USB.</li> +</ol> +<p>sudo fdisk /dev/sdX</p> +<p>You will need to press the following keys to make a new partition table for the USB.</p> +<ul> +<li>o - Creates a new DOS partition table</li> +<li>n - New partition, press enter to all that follows</li> +<li>w - Writes the partition table</li> +</ul> +<p>Give fdisk a minute to write the new partition to the USB.</p> +<hr> +<ol start="3"> +<li>Now is the time to give that partition a file system. You should look into this beforehand to see what file system you want, but I will use fat32 because it works with all operating systems.</li> +</ol> +<p>sudo mkfs.fat -F 32 -n "Backup-USB" /dev/sdXx</p> +<p>The small x represents the number of the partition; the -L flag is used to give the USB stick a name.</p> +<hr> +<h2>Finished ✅</h2> +<p>All done! Now you have an empty USB stick you can use for all your files!</p> +<hr> + + </div> + </article> + + + + + <footer class="post-footer"> + <a href="/archive/linux" class="back-button">⬅ Back to Linux</a> + </footer> + + </body> +</html> + |