Mostly, NTFS or FAT32 is recommended due to its compatibility with Windows. It will have a parameter that will decide the file system on the drive. Now, you can just format the USB drive in Linux by entering the ' mkfs' command. In our case, we will enter the command: $ sudo umount /dev/sdc1 To do this, you have to enter the ' unmount' command, following by the identifier. To format the flash drive in Linux, we need to unmount it first. When a USB drive is first attached to a Linux system, it is automatically mounted.
For instance, in this case, it is identified as ' /dev/sdc1'. This will display a list of the connected media and disks with their details. To know its identifier, you can enter the ' $ df' command. Now, attach your USB drive to the system and let it detect it. Also, you can go to the Dash widget on the GUI and search for ' terminal' as well. Gnome users can also find it under Applications > Accessories. Firstly, you can just press the Ctrl + Alt + T keys at the same time to launch the Terminal window. There are different ways to launch Terminal on Linux.
Step 1: Launch Terminal on your Linux system
