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Format a USB drive as FAT32 in Linux

Why FAT32

Although in theory no one should be using these file systems anymore, in practice, sometimes you just need one, for example for flashing your motherboard's BIOS or some other arcane task. Or maybe just for having a drive that's compatible with Windows.

Whatever the reason, here is a guide on how to achieve this using Linux.

First, correctly identify the drive location

Open a terminal and type:

sudo fdisk -l

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