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diff --git a/public/articals/linux/media/02FormattingUSB.html b/public/articals/linux/media/02FormattingUSB.html deleted file mode 100644 index 5e3728b..0000000 --- a/public/articals/linux/media/02FormattingUSB.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,67 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html> -<html lang="en-GB"> - <head> - <meta charset="UTF-8"> - <meta name="author" content="Shipwreckt"> - <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> - <title>Formatting USBs with Linux 🔌🔥</title> - <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../styles.css"> - <link rel="icon" href="../../../Images/favi.png" type="image/x-icon"> - </head> - <body> - <header> - <nav> - <ul> - <li><a href="../../../index.html">Home</a></li> - <li><a href="../../../links.html">Links</a></li> - <li><a href="../../../projects.html">Projects</a></li> - <li><a href="../../../contact.html">Contact</a></li> - </ul> - </nav> - </header> - <main> - <h1>Formatting USBs With Linux 🔌🔥</h1> - <h3>Date: 23-08-2024</h3> - <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> - <p>1) The first thing you want to do is plug in your USB stick and identify the USB stick's name.</p> - <div class="code-box"> - <p>lsblk</p> - </div> - <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> - - <p>2) 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.</p> - <div class="code-box"> - <p>sudo fdisk /dev/sdX</p> - </div> - <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> - - <p>3) 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.</p> - <div class="code-box"> - <p>sudo mkfs.fat -F 32 -n "Backup-USB" /dev/sdXx</p> - </div> - <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> - - <center> - <pre text-align=center> <a href="../../linuxlist.html">Back 🚪</a> - </main> -</body> -</html> - |