Makes sense, ntfs package needs to be installed on debian system before that can happen.
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) . On Sat, 29 Oct 2022, K0LNY_Glenn wrote: > 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) > > . > >
