When I go to Gparted and try to format my pendrive to exfat,the option is greyed out and I am not able to select it however I can choose other file systems such as ext4,ntfs,etc. Why is that ?
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1@mikewhatever emmh...not really. Couldn't find anything in that post related to creating exfat – Ron May 13 '16 at 8:15
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Gparted doesn't support creation of exfat file systems. You can use mkfs.exfat utility from the terminal like:
sudo mkfs.exfat -n LABEL /dev/sdXn
Replace LABEL with the label that you want for your USB and /dev/sdXn with the partition id of your USB.
You will have to install exfat-utils and exfat-fuse from the universe repository for the above to work;
sudo apt-get install exfat-utils exfat-fuse
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Another alternative to Gparted if you don't want use a terminal is to use Kde Partition Manager. It still support (still) support exFAT. You can my post about it here: askubuntu.com/a/1006553/143133 – Asme Just Feb 15 '18 at 19:21
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Workaround: use gnome-disks
This is the default pre-installed disk manager tool on Ubuntu that shows on the Dash as "Disks". You can launch if from the terminal with:
gnome-disks
As of Ubuntu 18.04:
- Gears button
- Format Partition
- Type: "Other"
- Next
- exfat
The GUI was a bit different in older versions: GUI tool for formating to exFAT
answered Nov 4 '18 at 0:31
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