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ubuntu native ex fat support

exFAT (ExteNative-exFAT-Support-Finally-Arrives-on-Linux-2nded File Allocation Table) is a Microsoft file system optimized for flash drives. It is proprietary and patented. exFAT can be used where the NTFS file system is not a feasible solution (due to data structure overhead), or where the file size limit of the standard FAT32 file system is unacceptable.

If you plug into a ubuntu box and you get errors just run this in a terminal:

sudo apt-get install exfat-fuse exfat-utils

Then plug in the drive 🙂