Re: How to format a pen drive?

["Paul Smith" <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/5/06, Thierry Sayegh De Bellis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > How can one format a pen drive?
> >
> same procedure as with a hdd.
> fdisk /dev/devX where devX is the name of the device associated with the
> pen drive.
> Create a partition with the proper type, then create the filesystem on
> it. (man mkfs)

Thanks, Thierry. The following command does it:

mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/sdaX

Paul