format a USB stick ext4

[truckdriverrod]

I need to make backup to USB stick. How do I format the stick to ext4 so Linux Mint can backup to it?

[Oldun]

Hi,
Suggest you use USB Stick Formatter, available from the Mint menu

[truckdriverrod]

Thank you I found it and it is formatting at this time. Thank you again

[linux-rox]

If you do much work with USB drives, I recommend you install GParted and use that. Available in repo, so can be installed with Software Manager, Synaptic Package Manager, or in Terminal with apt install gparted. Gives you more options than the simple formatter on Menu.

Be aware, you can't use GParted on the internal hard drive unless you boot a live session. To work with partitions, they need to be idle and not mounted.

[AndyMH]

Be aware that if you create an ext4 partition with gparted it will be owned by root and read-only. You will need to chown it when mounted to get read/write. Easy to do:

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sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /wherever_it_mounts