Formatting a removable disk
Bug #1651360 reported by
Chris Perry
This bug affects 1 person
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ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Chris Perry |
Bug Description
The GUI for the Disks application must have been changed in the last few years so disk-format.html needs to be revised. The Disks application now seems to hide as many of the technical details as it can (which in theory I think is a good idea).
I have a problem in that when I format a USB flash drive using Disks (Ubuntu 16.04) - no error is reported during formatting - but Ubuntu then doesn't recognise the drive. When I create a partition and format it using Gparted it works fine. Ive only tried this with one USB flash drive, so the problem may be specific to that drive (or not). If Disks doesn't work correctly, we can document how to format a removable disk by using Gparted?
Related branches
lp:~clissold345/ubuntu-docs/fix-for-1651360
- Gunnar Hjalmarsson: Approve
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Diff: 134 lines (+65/-46)1 file modifiedubuntu-help/C/disk-format.page (+65/-46)
Changed in ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Chris Perry (clissold345) |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
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Yeah, the UI has indeed changed, and apparently that affects not only disk-check.page.
When changing, don't forget that there is a GNOME equivalent: /help.gnome. org/users/ gnome-help/ 3.22/disk- format. html.en
https:/
After having formatted it using Disks, you only have unallocated space, so you need to also create a partition, but you can do that with Disks as well. It's Disks we should describe at first hand, since it's the tool which is included on an Ubuntu desktop by default.