http://disqus.com/by/jobattle/enTue, 23 Sep 2008 11:47:16 -0000http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/cant-empty-trash-in-ubuntu-804#comment-2542502<p>Randy</p><p>You're right, that worked fine The part I was having trouble with was <br>using the -l option on fdisk to see what the name of the thing was. I <br>was afraid I would accidentally make a new fs on my main hard drive :-(</p><p>I tried it with the thumb drive in and out and, sure enough, it was <br>/dev/sdc1</p><p>Thanks</p><p>John Battle<br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA</p>jobattleTue, 23 Sep 2008 11:47:16 -0000http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/cant-empty-trash-in-ubuntu-804#comment-2521905<p>How can I safely format a USB thumb drive for ext3. I understand that I need to use makefs to do this but I don't know how to tell for sure what the mount point for the thumbdrive is so I can be absolutely sure I won't format my linux os.</p>jobattleMon, 22 Sep 2008 13:03:48 -0000