Creating a new file system oa a flash drive

[Fred Roller]

Jay Ridgley wrote:
> Folks,
>
>   I do not remember if I need to do re-partition a flash drive before I 
> create an ext2 file system on it or not. Does it matter?
>
> I have a couple of 8GB drives I want to use for backing up several systems.
>
> Please advise.
>
> Thanks,
> Jay
>   
Usually, No you don't need to repartition.  In your case, assuming that 
the usb device has been unmounted and resides at /dev/sdc with one 
partition.  Then in terminal use:

    sudo mkfs.ext2 /dev/sdc1

I can expand on the instructions if you need.  Hope this helps.

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