No Flash Drive Formatting Tool ? [Solved]

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bob466
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No Flash Drive Formatting Tool ? [Solved]

#1 Post by bob466 »

Hi Guys,

I'm very surprised MX Linux doesn't have this essential tool in accessories...yes I know GParted does the same thing but you can't expect a Newbie to understand that a wrong click can wipe your HDD. :eek:

Linux Mint has a very good USB Formatter and a search of MX Forum I discovered that I can install Mintstick 1.3.8 from MX Test Repo...which I did and it works just fine. There have been times where I've needed to format one of my Flash Drives or an External HDD as a matter of fact...so an easy near foolproof tool is very important. :biggrin: I also installed Etcher another good tool.
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Re: No Flash Drive Formatting Tool ?

#2 Post by turtlebay777 »

Welcome to the forums.
Did you see this post about mintstick by felix, viewtopic.php?p=483702#p483702

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Re: No Flash Drive Formatting Tool ?

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turtlebay777 wrote: Fri Feb 22, 2019 8:37 pm Welcome to the forums.
Did you see this post about mintstick by felix, viewtopic.php?p=483702#p483702
Hi turtlebay,

Yes I did...thanks to you and felix. :happy:
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#4 Post by JayM »

There's USB Stick Formatter in Accessories.
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#5 Post by kc1di »

mintstick works great here also :)

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Re: No Flash Drive Formatting Tool ?

#6 Post by Fibogacci »

Very nice little tool, works fine. I like such tools - simple and working (Linux philosophy).

(Thanks for this thread, I didn't know that such a tool like mintstick exists)

I did experiment with it. I put MX-18_386.iso and linuxmint-19-xfce-32bit.iso to USB with mintstick. Done well.

I run those two Live-USB with my old Dell GX240 (Pentium 4 1,86 GHz and 1 GB RAM 133 MHz).

Well... No comment ;) Or just a short comment...

Both systems are starting.

But I'd like to put Mint user in front of that old machine, give him those two USB sticks and let him try. Next, I'd like to ask him, which experience is better for him ;)

It would be good comparison test.

MX Linux is polished even in such basic elements like look and feel of console during booting (fonts, coloured messages etc.).

Mint didn't start with first option, only in compatibility mode.

Look and feel of desktop - MX wins easily, no question about it.

(I'll try later with Cinammon as well)

And last but not least, in Mint there is no htop (already installed) ;) It is my primary command/program which I use most often. I like it, I need it.

Ok, it is small thing, but makes a difference as well.

Another basic (important) thing - I have not found in Mint on boot screen where to choose Language for Live-USB (or maybe there is no such a choice?)

Edit:

I've tried Mint with Cinammon. Looks better, uses 2x or more resources just after start. Everything is slow with my old specs. Not usable.

It's hard to believe and little disappointing - there is no other languages than English (delivered with ISO). Additional languages must be installed (so there is a need for Internet connection).
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Re: No Flash Drive Formatting Tool ? [Solved]

#7 Post by kromo »

I can't find this in MX 18.3

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Re: No Flash Drive Formatting Tool ? [Solved]

#8 Post by fehlix »

kromo wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2020 7:43 pm I can't find this in MX 18.3
It needs to be installed first:
E.g. use MX Package Installer -> Tab "Stable Repo" -> search field : mintstick
mx-18-mintstick.png
enter into search field "mintstick"
Install and find it within the "Whisker" menu -> search field: usb
"USB Stick Formatter"
usb-mintstick.png
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