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I want to format my USB stick to ext2. I have following tools installed. But don't know how to use them for my case:

  • Cygwin – I'm just a starter and not surely know how to use. (mkfs is also not included.)
  • Ext2Fsd – Don't know how to format Ext2. I found Change Partition Type and there are many types which I don't know.

Can anyone please guide me with steps on any of above tools (or) are there any other solutions?

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Partition manager can do it, and it has a trial... – soandos Jul 25 '11 at 22:00
What version do you mean? Are you please sure for "USB" drive? Because i have Partition "MAGIC" (not "Manager") 8.0 Version and it also supports Ext2/3 but don't support USB drives.. :( – 4lvin Jul 25 '11 at 22:09
Why would you want to format a USB drive as ext2? – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Jul 25 '11 at 22:19
partition manager, version 9 could do it, now up to 11 – soandos Jul 25 '11 at 22:19
Do you please mean "Paragon" PM, right?? Coz i'm afraid i'll get wrong one as there are a lot Partition Managers out there. – 4lvin Jul 25 '11 at 22:24
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Install the e2fsprogs package from the installer and then you get the mke2fs (mke2fs.exe) command. Then, read this starting at the section "POSIX devices" to learn what device to tell it to format.

I've never done this. Be careful.

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Now i have installed e2fsprogs. (But there is no e2fsprogs inside Cygwin call, by pressing "Tab" also. Is is normal?) Then how can i get mke2fs ? Please guide me on further steps. – 4lvin Jul 25 '11 at 23:24
@4lvin: mke2fs is part of e2fsprogs. Like Word is part of MS Office. There is no program called e2fsprogs. – kAlug Jul 25 '11 at 23:42
So you mean, now i should have called and seen mke2fs inside Cygwin, right? But there, "no" mke2fs is up inside my Cygwin. Why? (or) What should i do next? – 4lvin Jul 26 '11 at 0:10
Does /sbin/mke2fs works? – kAlug Jul 26 '11 at 0:14
/sbin/??? From which location you mean? There is no folder inside my default location i'm reaching at the starting of Cygwin. – 4lvin Jul 26 '11 at 0:27
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