Dban - erase data
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Download DBan dban-2.3.0_i586.iso
from https://dban.org/
Install UNetbootin
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gezakovacs/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install unetbootin
Plug USB drive and get it formatted
$ df -h ... /dev/sda1 1.9G 39M 1.9G 3% /media/joe/FILES /dev/sdc1 15G 1.9G 13G 13% /media/joe/UBUNTU 18_0 sudo umount /dev/sdc1 sudo mkfs.vfat -I /dev/sdc1 -n 'Ubuntu20' # option 1 sudo mkfs.exfat /dev/sdc1 -n 'Ubuntu20' # option 2 mkexfatfs 1.2.8 Creating... done. Flushing... done. File system created successfully. # | -I forces mkfs.fat to work correctly allowing to create a filesystem across the entire device # | -n (optional) -n VOLUME-NAME, sets the volume name (label) of the filesystem
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