Yeah, when I couldn't get it to work, I searched it on-line, and it gave examples, and no extensions work, they are all like typing mkfs alone. >From what I have read, I should be able to do: sudo mkfs.ntfs /dev/sdc1 And I tried another sort I read on-line: sudo mkfs -t ntfs /dev/sdc1 But nothing worked. So I used fdisk to remove the partition, then I made a new one, it didn't offer a FS type, so I plugged it into windows to format it NTFS. I wish I could have done it in Linux. I just bought a new 64 GB thumb drive, and I didn't want a new drive to have some malware on it, so I like to wipe the partition and reformat it, in case they get infected during manufacturing. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdash...@panix.com> To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <glenn@ervin.email>; <debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org> Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2022 8:24 PM Subject: Re: how to format
mkfs isn't a command. mkfs is a prefix. If yu want to put an ext4 partition on a drive you use mkfs.ext4. You might check for that command and check for the other mkfs commands as well. Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) .
