* The "device name" of the drive needs to be determined.

<blockquote>Enter the following command:

</blockquote>

<blockquote>The following information is displayed:

[11122.422152] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=0bc2, idProduct=3320

[11122.422165] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=1

.

[11123.516813] sdb: sdb1

</blockquote>

* The "device name" is "sdb1".

* The USB drive needs to be "unmounted".

<blockquote>

</blockquote>

* Format drive for ext3 filesystem and set drive label name as "usbdisk".

<blockquote>

</blockquote>

:'''Please Note: THIS WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON /dev/sdb1, MAKE SURE THIS IS THE CORRECT USB DRIVE AND NOT ANOTHER DRIVE.'''

<blockquote>The following information is displayed:

fs_types for mke2fs.conf resolution: 'ext3'

Filesystem label=usbdisk

.

Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

</blockquote>

* Whenever a drive is formatted in Linux, about 5% is reserved of the total space on the drive for the operating system to continue using the hard drive to operate, even if it gets full. This is totally unnecessary for a USB external hard drive if it stores only data and not to run an operating system.

<blockquote>Enter the following to remove the reserved space:

</blockquote>

<blockquote>The following information is displayed:

* The external drive is now ready for use.