Solution for mounting large-capacity exFAT USB flash drive online and offline in Ubuntu 16.04

Aug 17, 2023#Linux #Ubuntu #PyQt5223

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This article provides solutions for mounting large capacity exFAT USB drives in Ubuntu 16.04. It suggests updating the USB compatibility to USB 3.0 in the settings if the USB drive is not recognized in the Ubuntu virtual machine. The online solution involves installing exfat-utils using the command "sudo apt-get install exfat-utils" to enable recognition of large capacity USB drives. The offline solution involves downloading the exfat-nofuse project from GitHub or an alternative link, extracting the compressed file, and using the terminal to run the commands "make" and "sudo make install" to enable opening exFAT formatted USB drives.

Solution for Ubuntu 16.04 Unable to Mount Large Capacity exFAT USB Drive Online and Offline#

When reading a USB drive on Ubuntu, it may display an error message stating that it cannot mount a 64GB (or larger capacity) volume.

If the USB drive is not recognized by the Ubuntu virtual machine when plugged into the computer, you can go to the settings and update the USB drive compatibility from USB 2.0 to USB 3.0 (assuming that your USB drive is USB 3.0).

1. Online Solution#

Enter the following command to install the exfat software and enable your computer to recognize the large capacity USB drive:

sudo apt-get install exfat-utils

After the installation is complete, reopen the USB drive and it should be recognized.

2. Offline Solution#

Download this exfat-nofuse project from GitHub.
If you cannot access GitHub, I provide a Lanzouyun link here.

Place the downloaded zip file into the virtual machine. You can extract it directly using a graphical interface or use the command uzip exfat-nofuse-master.zip to extract it.
Go into the extracted folder, open the terminal, and enter the following commands:

make
sudo make install

You should now be able to open exFAT formatted USB drives.