Re: [CentOS] Idiot-proof method to format a flash drive

2015-12-01 Thread Nux!
Monday, 30 November, 2015 21:39:51 > Subject: [CentOS] Idiot-proof method to format a flash drive > Whenever I format a flash drive I'm always terrified that I'm going to > fat-finger something in the terminal and accidentally blow away a partition on > one of my hard drives. *

Re: [CentOS] Idiot-proof method to format a flash drive

2015-12-01 Thread Lamar Owen
On 11/30/2015 04:39 PM, Frank Cox wrote: Whenever I format a flash drive I'm always terrified that I'm going to fat-finger something in the terminal and accidentally blow away a partition on one of my hard drives. *shudder* Is gparted the best gui to handle this task? Nux gave the program

Re: [CentOS] Idiot-proof method to format a flash drive

2015-12-01 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 1 Dec 2015 09:49:42 -0500 Lamar Owen wrote: > Nux gave the program names already.. but. > > In CentOS 7 under the default GNOME desktop, Applications->Utilities->Disks > > I forget where palimpsest gets put on CentOS 6, sorry. gnome-disks it is! While digging around for

[CentOS] Idiot-proof method to format a flash drive

2015-11-30 Thread Frank Cox
Whenever I format a flash drive I'm always terrified that I'm going to fat-finger something in the terminal and accidentally blow away a partition on one of my hard drives. *shudder* Is gparted the best gui to handle this task? Or is there something better? I'd really prefer something more

Re: [CentOS] Idiot-proof method to format a flash drive

2015-11-30 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/30/2015 1:39 PM, Frank Cox wrote: Whenever I format a flash drive I'm always terrified that I'm going to fat-finger something in the terminal and accidentally blow away a partition on one of my hard drives.*shudder* Is gparted the best gui to handle this task? Or is there something