How to format a flash drive to fat32

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Im trying to format a flash drive to Fat32 but im unsure on how to do that. I would appreciate any assistance on this.

sdb 8:16 1 14.5G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 1 14.5G 0 part

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As root:

mkfs -t vfat /dev/sdb1

Check carefully to be sure that the flash drive is “/dev/sdb” – before you start to format.

You can add the option “-F32” to insist on using FAT32. But for that large a drive, it will default to FAT32 anyway.

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If you only require one filesystem on the device (ie no partition), then I 'drecommend formatting /dev/sdb itself…

mkfs -t vfat /dev/sdb