Formatting a drive
There are two ways to format a drive under Linux which are comparable to Quick Format and Full Format under Windows.
To 'quick format', simply type:
mkfs -t vfat /dev/sda1
where 'vfat' is the type of file system and /dev/sda1 is the device
Or a full format would be:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1
followed by the mkfs command from above
To 'quick format', simply type:
mkfs -t vfat /dev/sda1
where 'vfat' is the type of file system and /dev/sda1 is the device
Or a full format would be:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1
followed by the mkfs command from above