Wednesday, November 15, 2017

re-format USB in Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 re-format USB drive which store bootable installer such as Windows 10 install usb or Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop install usb

You can use the terminal:
1. Find device ID:
df -h
2. Now unmount the device:
sudo umount /dev/sdb1
(change sdb1 with your device id)
3.Format USB
Choose a file system:
Ext4
sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1
Fat
sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb1
Ntfs
sudo mkfs.ntfs /dev/sdb1

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