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Formatting USB thumb drives for Ubuntu in Windows

rated 0 times [ 1] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 957 / 1 Year ago, thu, december 1, 2022, 11:25:28

I am having issues getting usb drives to work correctly in Ubuntu and have read various bug reports of certain formats not working correctly in Ubuntu.

If I want to format a usb drive from inside Windows for maximum capability with Ubuntu, what format type and program should be used ?

Note: This pertains to usb drives as portable storage devices and not anything to do with making bootable media.

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answered 1 Year ago fectlyole · Accepted Answer

Ubuntu 14.04 should work with FAT32 and NTFS from the get-go. However, FAT32 has a max file limit of 4GB (any files larger than this can't be put on it).

If you install exfat-fuse on Ubuntu by typing sudo apt-get install exfat-fuse into the command line, Ubuntu should also mount the exFAT filesystem, which is similar to FAT32 except it does not impose the 4GB file limit.