Formatting a write protected flashdrive

[Tim Tebbit]

Pat Brown wrote:
> I know this has been covered before, but I can't find the
> documentation for it. I have a flashdrive that is write protected. I
> would like to delete everything on the drive and use it for new
> storage. How do I do this? I looked through the forums and can't find
> any answers.
> 

LOTS of ways. gparted, parted, mkfs...

What filesystem?

sudo mkfs.ext2/3/vfat /dev/sdb* double check you know your device. plug
it in and check with 'dmesg |tail'

Check the man pages. 'man mkfs'

Or the long way with gparted.