format usb

[Michael Havens]

now I am running into a snafu....  sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sdc
mkfs.vfat 3.0.13 (30 Jun 2012)
/dev/sdc: No medium found
bmike1 at PresarioLapTop1:~$ sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sdc1
mkfs.vfat 3.0.13 (30 Jun 2012)
/dev/sdc1: No such file or directory
bmike1 at PresarioLapTop1:~$


:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I jumped in the shower and it came to me.... dmesg.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Cat /var/log/syslog I think.
>> On Aug 25, 2013 11:05 AM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  Well,  I stuck a usb drive into the computer, opened a terminal, and
>>> copied files to it. Then I forgot to umount the drive and pulled the drive
>>> out. Now I need to format it and do not know how to do that. How do I see
>>> what the drive is being called when I stick it in?
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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