I am using Kubuntu 13.04. How to format a USB or external drive?
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Use gparted, like in this how-to. But don't use FAT32, or you will have a 4 GByte file size limit. Use NTFS instead.
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and if I want to use only with the help of Konsole, then what will be the command for formatting the USB ? Oct 11, 2013 at 5:52
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I've used
sudo cfdisk <device>
and alsosudo fdisk <device>
with success pretty often.sudo parted
(notice: without the 'g') is a bit more user-friendly than both fdisk and cfdisk.– MadMikeOct 11, 2013 at 5:58