Xfce USB Format

[Robby Workman]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:05:39 -0500
Ernesto Acosta <elav at ipichcb.rimed.cu> wrote:

> On 01/16/2011 02:03 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Ernesto
> > Acosta<elav at ipichcb.rimed.cu>  wrote:
> >> Greetings:
> >> I am very excited that very soon will officially xfce 4.8. For now
> >> I'm using Gnome, but I always used Xfce 4.6, and that is why I
> >> look forward to version 4.8
> >>
> >> I have a little doubt. Is it possible to create the context menu
> >> of Thunar, an option to format USB memory? If there is something I
> >> like Gnome that option, but do not think there Xfce, so you have
> >> to use Gparted or some command in the terminal.
> >>
> >> I am aware that Thunar can add actions,
> >>
> > I don't know if there is a (ready) way to detect the device names
> > underlying a mount point.
> >
> >
> >> and that would be fine, if my memory
> >> always be sdb1, but if I have other memories are assembled and
> >> sdc1 or sdd1 Is there any way to detect the action which is the
> >> device I format?
> >>
> > My guess is that it is best to use GParted, as you suggested. You
> > could allow 'user' to run it (via sudo), and you could put it in a
> > launcher on the panel.
> >
> >
> >> Is it possible to include an application to format USB memory in
> >> Xfce?
> >>
> > I don't think that a 'Format...' c-menu item is good in a file
> > manager, since it's not its job. Personally I wouldn't want one (by
> > default) in Thunar. If you want to format a device, use a Partition
> > Manager. ;)
> >
> 
> I understand. Just occurred to me that, as it has the possibility
> Thunar Send to a USB memory, the same function could have it but to
> format ..


You'll likely have gnome-disk-utility installed anyway, so why not
try out palimpsest?

-RW