Unable to mount my external exfat disk

16.04 mount exfat

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You get this error because the exfat filesystem is not installed in Ubuntu by default. exFAT is a proprietary and patented by Microsoft.

Since Ubuntu 13.10, this package is in the main repository. Just install exfat-fuse and exfat-utils:

sudo apt-get install exfat-fuse exfat-utils

Source: Pablo Bianchi - Mount unknown filesystem exfat

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Byte Commander almost 2 years

It is saying this:

Error mounting /dev/sdc2 at /media/sudheer/Untitled:
  Command-line `mount -t "exfat" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000,
  iocharset=utf8,namecase=0,errors=remount-ro,umask=0077" "/dev/sdc2" 
  "/media/sudheer/Untitled"' 
exited with non-zero exit status 32: mount: unknown filesystem type 'exfat'

Admin over 6 years

On 16.04.4 one can drop the -get suffix, i.e. sudo apt install exfat-fuse exfat-utils is all that is needed.

user2364305 over 6 years

no need to disconnect the drive after installation, just click it again in nautilus
SumNeuron almost 5 years

I am getting these errors even after installation ...