Formating a USB key
Classified in : Ubuntu - Tags : usb, key, driveFormatting a USB drive is not always obvious on Linux !
You have 2 solutions with gui : gparted and gnome-disk.
And you may also type in commands from the command line (which was my only solution with a particular USB key).
The rest is on the article French version.
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