Hi…all today ..i tried to to format by pendrive by our file manager. But sometimes it fails to format.So we have to format it by terminal.
After plugging your device(usb or pendrive or memory card).
Open Terminal(cntrl +Alt + T)
type the command as $ dmesg | Tail
it will display like this
[ 1749.108796] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 1749.108813] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
[ 1749.109803] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[ 1749.109816] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1749.116895] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[ 1749.116906] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1749.118911] sdb: sdb1 –> Things to be noted
[ 1749.122785] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[ 1749.122800] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1749.123771] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Then Unmount your device by
$ sudo umount /dev/sdb1
Finally Enter this command to format Your device
$ sudo mkfs.vfat -n ‘Ubuntu’ -I /dev/sdb1
Thats it….Now plug out your device and plug in again to use . Your device is now formatted and ready to use now..
Happy coding!!!!
tuxbalaji 