format flash drive

1. cd /media/<your_flash_drive_name>
2. sudo rm -rf *
 (It asks for password)

Done :)

please for human beings...

i do not understand that code

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> De: Hemanth <email address hidden>
> Asunto: Re: [Question #43779]: format flash drive
> A: <email address hidden>
> Fecha: lunes, 1 septiembre, 2008, 1:45 am
> Your question #43779 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/43779
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Hemanth proposed the following answer:
> 1. cd /media/<your_flash_drive_name>
> 2. sudo rm -rf *
> (It asks for password)
>
> Done :)
>
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alvaro@alvaro-ubuntu-desktop:~$ mount /media/alvarito
mount: no se puede encontrar /media/alvarito en /etc/fstab o /etc/mtab
alvaro@alvaro-ubuntu-desktop:~$ cd ..
alvaro@alvaro-ubuntu-desktop:/home$ cd ..
alvaro@alvaro-ubuntu-desktop:/$ cd /
alvaro@alvaro-ubuntu-desktop:/$ cd media
alvaro@alvaro-ubuntu-desktop:/media$ cd alvarito
bash: cd: alvarito: No existe el fichero ó directorio
alvaro@alvaro-ubuntu-desktop:/media$ mount alvarito
mount: no se puede encontrar alvarito en /etc/fstab o /etc/mtab
alvaro@alvaro-ubuntu-desktop:/media$ cd alvarito
bash: cd: alvarito: No existe el fichero ó directorio
alvaro@alvaro-ubuntu-desktop:/media$ cd /media/alvarito
bash: cd: /media/alvarito: No existe el fichero ó directorio
alvaro@alvaro-ubuntu-desktop:/media$ mount /mnt/alvarito
mount: no se puede encontrar /mnt/alvarito en /etc/fstab o /etc/mtab
alvaro@alvaro-ubuntu-desktop:/media$ cd alvarito
bash: cd: alvarito: No existe el fichero ó directorio
alvaro@alvaro-ubuntu-desktop:/media$ cd /media/alvarito
bash: cd: /media/alvarito: No existe el fichero ó directorio
alvaro@alvaro-ubuntu-desktop:/media$ cd /mnt
alvaro@alvaro-ubuntu-desktop:/mnt$ dir
alvaro@alvaro-ubuntu-desktop:/mnt$
alvaro@alvaro-ubuntu-desktop:/mnt$

--- El lun 1-sep-08, <email address hidden> <email address hidden> escribió:

> De: <email address hidden> <email address hidden>
> Asunto: Re: [Question #43779]: format flash drive
> A: <email address hidden>
> Fecha: lunes, 1 septiembre, 2008, 2:06 am
> Your question #43779 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/43779
>
> Status: Answered => Open
>
> You are still having a problem:
> please for human beings...
>
> i do not understand that code
>
>
> --- El lun 1-sep-08, Hemanth
> <email address hidden> escribió:
>
> > De: Hemanth
> <email address hidden>
> > Asunto: Re: [Question #43779]: format flash drive
> > A: <email address hidden>
> > Fecha: lunes, 1 septiembre, 2008, 1:45 am
> > Your question #43779 on Ubuntu changed:
> > https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/43779
> >
> > Status: Open => Answered
> >
> > Hemanth proposed the following answer:
> > 1. cd /media/<your_flash_drive_name>
> > 2. sudo rm -rf *
> > (It asks for password)
> >
> > Done :)
> >
> > --
> > If this answers your question, please go to the
> following
> > page to let us
> > know that it is solved:
> >
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/43779/+confirm?answer_id=0
> >
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> > to the
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Open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

sudo apt-get install gparted

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Then you can find gparted under menu System->Administration->Partition editor

Be sure to change and select the disk to operate with from top right gparted listbox...

Thanks Isak Frants, that solved my question.