I'm trying to format a USB stick as FAT32 so I can use UNetbootin to create a bootable drive for installing a new Linux distribution. The stick worked for this purpose before, but GParted currently shows the FAT32 option as unavailable or greyed out. What is causing this, and what do I need to install or change to enable FAT32 formatting?
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Another option is Ventoy. It lets you install Ventoy to the USB drive once, then you can copy Linux ISO files onto it and choose which one to boot without reformatting the drive each time.
Make sure the dosfstools package is installed. GParted relies on it to create FAT32 filesystems, and installing it should make the FAT32 option available. You may also need to unmount the USB partition before formatting it.
Thanks, installing dosfstools fixed it.
Thanks, I’ll keep that in mind for future installs.