Mount - Format USB Drive

Able make live Linux installation mediums with them. Because dedicated flash drives are plug-and-play

Locate USB drive
Unmount USB drive
Format USB drive
Mount USB drive

Terminal

1. Locate the USB Drive 1

List disk block:

lsblk

Output response in raspberry pi 4B:

NAME        MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda           8:0    1  7.5G  0 disk
├─sda1        8:1    1  200M  0 part
└─sda2        8:2    1  7.3G  0 part /media/jun/R_FLASH
mmcblk0     179:0    0 28.9G  0 disk
├─mmcblk0p1 179:1    0  256M  0 part /boot
└─mmcblk0p2 179:2    0 28.6G  0 part /

The USB drive mount on sda/sda2

Name	Description
/dev/sda	device name
/dev/sda2	disk partition
/media/jun/R_FLASH	path of device mounted

2. Unmount the USB

Unmount device to format the USB (currently locate at paration sda2):

sudo umount /dev/sda2

Check the list of block device:

lsblk

Output response:

NAME        MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda           8:0    1  7.5G  0 disk
├─sda1        8:1    1  200M  0 part
└─sda2        8:2    1  7.3G  0 part
mmcblk0     179:0    0 28.9G  0 disk
├─mmcblk0p1 179:1    0  256M  0 part /boot
└─mmcblk0p2 179:2    0 28.6G  0 part /

Check the list of usb device:

lsusb

Output response:

usb drive still avaialble on list

...
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 090c:1000 Silicon Motion, Inc. - Taiwan (formerly Feiya Technology Corp.) Flash Drive
...

3. Format the USB drive

Format USB drive with specific format:

format as FAT32 file system

sudo mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n 'name' /dev/sda2

Name	Value
`mkfs.vfat`²	( mkfs . format)
`-n`	label name³

4. Mount the USB drive

As drive has been unmount before format, re-mount usb drive to access it.

Create a new directory for mounting the usb drive:

mkdir /media/jun/'name'

Mount with permission access by specific user and group:

sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /media/jun/'name' -o uid=$(id -u $USER),gid=$(id -g $USER)

Powershell

1. Check Flash Drive location

Get-Volume

Output response: Flash drive mount on DriveLetter F

DriveLetter FriendlyName FileSystemType DriveType HealthStatus OperationalStatus SizeRemaining      Size
----------- ------------ -------------- --------- ------------ ----------------- -------------      ----
C           OS           NTFS           Fixed     Healthy      OK                    297.23 GB 476.27 GB
            EFI          FAT32          Removable Healthy      OK                    196.91 MB 196.91 MB
F                        NTFS           Removable Healthy      OK                      7.28 GB    7.3 GB
                         FAT32          Fixed     Healthy      OK                     65.36 MB     96 MB
                         NTFS           Fixed     Healthy      OK                     84.47 MB    566 MB

2. Format USB drive

Format-Volume -DriveLetter <drive_letter> -FileSystem NTFS -Confirm:$false

Example: format USB drive on DriveLetter f

Format USB drive locate on F:

Format-Volume -DriveLetter F -FileSystem NTFS -Confirm:$false

Output response: USB drive format to NTFS filesystem

DriveLetter FriendlyName FileSystemType DriveType HealthStatus OperationalStatus SizeRemaining   Size
----------- ------------ -------------- --------- ------------ ----------------- -------------   ----
F                        NTFS           Removable Healthy      OK                      7.28 GB 7.3 GB

for WSL: should mount the usb drive from window

corresponing command: fs(5), badblocks(8), fsck(8), mkdosfs(8), mke2fs(8), mkfs.bfs(8), mkfs.ext2(8), mkfs.ext3(8), mkfs.ext4(8), mkfs.minix(8), mkfs.msdos(8), mkfs.vfat(8), mkfs.xfs(8)

mkfs.vfat: Label can be no longer than 11 characters

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