Install dosfstools in Slackware slackpkg install dosfstools Install dosfstools in Arch Linux pacman -Sy dosfstools Install dosfstools in Debian / Ubuntu apt-get install dosfstools The package you need to install in your Linux PC to be able to format disk using FAT32 file system is: dosfstools What you need is to format the usb drive using FAT32 file system.
How to format a usb drive with FAT32 file system on Linuxįor all Linux users, work with usb drives, is really easy, and share data with Windows users through it, is also easy.Īt least before you need to format the usb drive for any reason, if you format it using Linux ext3 or any other Linux mode, you will not be able (at least not easily) to share data with Windows users.