I remembered what the command is: mkfs But I enter the command and: $ sudo mkfs -text4 /dev/sdc mke2fs 1.42.13 (17-May-2015) Creating filesystem with 15436800 4k blocks and 3866624 inodes Filesystem UUID: 009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 4096000, 7962624, 11239424 Allocating group tables: done Writing inode tables: done Creating journal (32768 blocks): done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: and it just sits there as if it is waiting for a variable. What should I do? On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 8:57 AM Michael wrote: > I left click on it (why didn't I think of that) and format it but it does > not allow me to copy to it. I then tried with tty and it says 'permission > denied'. Another thing, it does not take the label I assign to it. > > On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 2:37 AM Jim wrote: > >> My mistake. I meant lower right. Any idea why that wouldn't work for >> Mike? >> On 12/18/18 12:36 AM, Jim wrote: >> >> I have KDE on this dinosaur and I have no trouble formatting them. i >> plug it in, then wait for the window that pops up in the lower left telling >> me my options. I don't mount it. I open Gparted or the KDE disk utility >> and format it. If that doesn't work for Michael, I would wonder if >> something's wrong with his system. >> On 12/17/18 10:50 PM, Dhruva Lokegaonkar wrote: >> >> If you're on Gnome (latest Ubuntu/ Fedora) then you can use >> gnome-disk-utility. (It's probably just called "Disks" on your computer.) >> >> Click on the thumb drive on the left menu, then click on the partition >> on the right side. (I'm guessing there's only one). Make sure its >> highlighted. Then Press Control+Shift+F. >> >> Give it a name in "Volume Name" >> Make sure Erase is turned off. (Erase will do a in-depth wipe, which >> takes very long) >> Then select "For use with all systems and devices (FAT)" and click next. >> (I've attached a screenshot) >> >> I'm guessing the rest is self explanatory. I don't have a pen drive >> handy and I don't want to format my drive haha. >> >> If you want to do this from the Command line >> Use `lsblk` to list all your connected drives and check which drive you >> want to format. Then check again. and again to make sure. >> Then copy the device path. (Something like /dev/sdb1) and execute >> `sudo mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sdb1` >> change sdb1 to whatever your drive is. >> Make sure its the right drive though. >> >> On 12/18/18 8:07 AM, Michael wrote: >> >> I thought I would be able to do it without help but I guess I was wrong. >> I got a thumbdrive that I want to format. gparted will not do it. Anyone >> able to help? >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: