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Asked: 2017-06-17 11:30:04 +0800 CST

Why Nautilus can not format Bootable USB?

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I know I can format Bootable USB drives with gparted or software like that. I do it every time I need to.

But I want to know why nautilus can not format that? Is there any logic behind it?

I searched many sites but the only thing I found was How to format it with gparted or software like that.

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    • Nautilus uses some tools under the hood, and one of those tools may have problems with some partition tables and or file systems.

    • It is a good idea to use a dedicated tool like gparted to create or edit the partition table and file systems (alias formating).

    • Some versions of gparted has problems with the iso 9660 file system, that you get, when you clone an Ubuntu iso file to a USB pendrive or memory card. When that happens you can use mkusb to wipe the first megabyte or restore it to a standard storage device,

      help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb

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