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→Preparing an External USB Drive
* The external USB drive used in this example is a 1 Terabyte (1 TB) Seagate drive.
* Plug the drive in to a USB connector and power it up.
* Using a "terminal session, login in using the "root" user ID.
* The "device name" of the drive needs to be determined.
<blockquote>Enter the following command:
{{Code|dmesg}}
</blockquote>
<blockquote>The following information is displayed:{{Text|Text=[11122.304178] usb 2-4: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd[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[11122.422173] usb 2-4:Product: Expansion Desk[11122.422180] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: Seagate . . . . .[11123.516813] sdb: sdb1}}</blockquote>* The "device name" is "sdb1".* The USB drive needs to be "unmounted".<blockquote>{{Code|umount /mediadev/yourdisklabel sdb1}}</blockquote>
:mkfs -t ext3 -v -L usbdisk /dev/sdb1
