format drive

FishyMike · Joined: Dec 14, 2005 Posts: 290

I am trying to format an external usb drive. I have searched through all of the applications and found only floppy formatter. Where to go, Where to search, need help.

Using openSuse10.3, gnome.

drwho07 · Joined: Nov 29, 2007 Posts: 1546 Location: Central FL, USA

Hi Mike.....have you tried formatting it under Windows?
That would, of course, format it in NTFS mode. Is that what you want? Confused

On my computer, I could even format it in FAT-32 mode, with a DOS boot disk.

Cool

ernie · Joined: Dec 16, 2002 Posts: 166

If you are looking to format a partition with a Linux file system such as ext2 or ext3, one GUI application you may feel comfortable with is Gparted. It is a great deal more than a partition formatter though. With it you can create, delete, resize and format partitions with a number of supported file systems including ext2, ext3, fat12, fat16, fat32, and (I believe) NTFS. I use Mandriva here, so I am unsure if Suse includes a partition manager. If it does, it may do more than Gparted.

HTH,

JJJENNNNN · Joined: Sep 26, 2008 Posts: 1 Location: Canada

I use a Linux System Rescue CD with GParted for all my formatting and partitioning needs.