How to permanently delete files from USB drive in Linux [with screenshots]

There are several ways how to clear you USB stick:

Format your USB drive in openSUSE Linux (XFCE)

Formatting USB stick in Linux is very simple. If you and linux terminal are friends, you can do it directly from command line: How to format USB drive in Linux. If you like to work with a mouse in graphical environment (GUI), you can format your USB drive with a program called GParted.

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Written by Administrator on Saturday April 4, 2020

How to burn ISO on USB drive using BalenaEtcher (with screenshots)

There're a lot of reasons, why do you want burn iso on your USB drive. May be you want create bootable USB drive or just backup your data. Etcher is very simple in use and effective way, how to burn ISO image on USB drive in Linux.

In this case I'm using openSUSE Linux distro, but I'm sure, balenaEtcher works the same in other distros as well.

Let's run Etcher:

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Written by Administrator on Wednesday April 1, 2020

How to format USB drive in Linux

If USB drive is already mounted in your system, it will be impossible to format it. So, first of all we have to unmount it.

1. First, define how USB drive is mounted running following command

$ df -h

 

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Written by Administrator on Wednesday April 1, 2020