Disk Utility will not Format Drive

[vsh3r]

Hi,

Right clicking on a drive will format the drive but Disk Utility 2.30.1 included with Ubuntu 10.10 will not format the drive and says the drive is busy.

(SEE ATTACHED SCREEN-SHOT)

V$H.

[lmarmisa]

Maybe the partition is mounted.

mount

Other alternative is to use GParted:

sudo apt-get install gparted

Then System -> Administration -> Gparted.

This tool shows a keyring icon on those partitions that are mounted. Even you will be able to unmount them using the right button of the mouse.

[ezsit]

Your screenshot shows that the drive is mounted. Unmount the drive and it should work.