USB Linux Wipe Format Ext2 Filesystem
Find the correct device fdisk -l Unmount the device unmount /dev/sdc Wipe the device (handles bad blocks too) dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=4k Format device mke2fs /dev/sdc1 Make a mount point mkdir /mnt/memstick Mount the device mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/memstick