Pen Drive format

Hello Linux Guru's,  I  am venkateswarlu ,i have a small problem with usb pen drive(4GB) i ball company.  while formating the pen drive ,it is not showing any errors but when i press enter all the files it is showning,why pen drive is not formatting?.  plz help me..  # mkfs.vfat  -n 'venku' -I /devsda1 From your email it is clear that you want to create an MS-DOS/Windows XP  file system under Linux. Try with the followings, I think it will help you  out.  [a] fdisk : Partition table manipulator for Linux  [b] mkfs.vfat : Create an MS-DOS/windows XP filesystem by formatting given  partition name (/dev/partition)  First make sure USB pen is not mounted. Click on Places > Computer >  Select USB pen >  Right click > Select Unmount Volume.  From your email /dev/sda1 is your partition name for USB pen. To  format type the following  command (Open X terminal and type the command)  $ mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1  Now you are ready to use USB pen Forgot to metion something,  When done formatting, you'll be returned to the prompt  pradipta@cn:~$ mkfs.vfat -n 'pradipta' -I /dev/sda (pradipta->name  you want to keep for your pendrive)  mkfs.vfat 2.11 (28 Jan 2010)  pradipta@cn:~$  Remove and insert the pen drive to have mounted again!  1.) Insert Pendrive  2.) # fdisk -l (Run This Command as root, it will show u all partition with  name of ur pendrive for example : /dev/sda or /dev/sdb etc)  3.) # mkfs.vfat *device name* (/dev/sda or /dev/sdb ) (mean name of ur  pendrive)  4.) Done  Happy Learning

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