#!/bin/sh # # Partition the USB stick -- the stick is assumed to be at least 3GB in size # # First delete all existing partitions # if [ ! `whoami` = "root" ] ; then echo "" echo "You need to be root to run this shell script" echo "" exit 1 fi if [ "x$USB_DEVICE" = "x" ] ; then if [ "x$1" = "x" ] ; then echo "You must supply the USB device name on the command line or in USB_DEVICE" exit 1 else dev=$1 fi else dev=$USB_DEVICE fi echo "This script will distroy everything on $dev" echo "Answer yes to continue " read a if [ "$a" != "yes" ] ; then echo "Device $dev unchanged" exit 1 fi fdisk $dev <