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Linux: Format USB to exFAT

Evgeniy Fitsner Software Engineer

· Jul 17, 2016 · 1 min read

To format a USB flash drive to the exFAT file system on Linux:

1. sudo -i
2. fdisk -l — provides the mounted disk path (e.g., /dev/sdc1)
3. mkfs.exfat -n SOME_DISK_LABEL /dev/sdc1
4. fsck.exfat /dev/sdc1 — verifies the disk formatted without issues