[ubuntu-in] What is equalent to MS Visual Studio for Ubuntu

[Gora Mohanty]

On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 23:44 +0530, Abhishek Amberkar wrote:
>         How can i format pen drives in ubuntu
> 
> there is no need to format pendrives 
> 
> just try 
> 
> $ rm -r * .*
> 
> ( note there is " space " between  " * "  and " .* " ) 

Hello? If this is not a troll, it is terrible advice. Run from
who knows where, this could cause deletion of data, and it does
not in any way solve the problem asked about. If you were trying
to be funny, please go soak your head. Causing problems for
newcomers is hardly funny.
  Please do not follow any of this, and be careful about any
future advice from clueless folk. Instead, try searching Google,
and various forums, including the Ubuntu ones. An excruciatingly
detailed HOW-TO on the Gentoo Wiki, which will also work on
Ubuntu, is at http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_USB_Mass_Storage_Device
Here are some simple steps:
  o Find the ID of the disk:
      ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/usb*
    This should show something like
      /dev/disk/by-id/usb-XXX -> ../../sda1
    which tells you that your disk is /dev/sda, with a partitition
    mounted as /dev/sda1. You can also try finding the ID from
      cat /proc/partitions
    or, from
      df
  o Then, to reformat the entire disk, and make a single FAT32
    partition on it, type
      sudo fdisk /dev/sda  # IMPORTANT: Use the actual USB disk ID.
      sudo mkfs -t vfat /dev/sda1

Regards,
Gora