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To mount an exFAT hard disk in Linux, you need to follow the steps below:
Make sure exFAT drivers and tools are installed on your Linux system. On most distributions, you can use the following command to install:
sudo apt-get install exfat-utils exfat-fuse
or
sudo yum install exfat-utils fuse-exfat
If you don't have exFAT drivers and tools in your system, you need to install them first.
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Insert the hard disk in exFAT format into the Linux system. Make sure the drive is connected and detected by the system.
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Create a directory on your Linux system as a mount point. For example, you can create a directory named "exfat" under the "/mnt" directory with the following command:
sudo mkdir /mnt/exfat
- Use the following command to mount the exFAT-formatted hard disk to the directory just created:
sudo mount -t exfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/exfat
In this command, "/dev/sdb1" should be replaced with your hard disk device and partition number. You can use the following command to find hard disk devices and partition numbers:
sudo fdisk -l
If your hard disk has multiple partitions, you can point the mount point to different partitions as needed.
- Confirm that the hard disk has been successfully mounted to the specified directory. You can check with the following command:
mount | grep exfat
If the command returns hard disk information, it means the mount is successful.
- To unmount an exFAT hard drive, you can use the following command:
sudo umount /mnt/exfat
or
sudo umount /dev/sdb1
If the mount point is occupied by another process, you can use the following command to force the unmount:
sudo umount -f /mnt/exfat