On Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:53:41 -0400
Lee <ler...@gmail.com> wrote:

> My old laptop died; I just got a new one and it has _no_ optical
> drive.  But the Debian install from flash instructions were excellent
> & I now have a laptop running Debian.
> 
> My question is: how do I reformat the flash drive so it's usable as a
> "normal" flash drive again?
> 
> Nothing I tried worked.. I ended up putting the thumb drive in a
> Windows machine and formatting it there; it would be nice to know how
> to restore the thumb drive to working order on Debian.
> 
Experience suggests that if it will be used on a Windows machine, e.g.
for file transfer, it's probably best to format it in Windows.
Otherwise Windows will give the occasional error message about it,
offer to fix it, and fail miserably. It will still work.

Obviously only for the Windows formats, FAT or NTFS. Microsoft pretends
not to know about things Not Invented Here.

It's possible to have MS and Linux partitions on the same drive. I have
one like that, FAT for interchange and ext4 for files that Linux
software insists must have certain permissions.

-- 
Joe

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