Also note, While Linux does have an ExFat option. the Linux ExFat is very different than the Windows ExFat. On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 5:17 PM Jason Spatafore wrote: > exFAT is a new FS type to handle larger disks. (Windows format) > > Answer likely here for you. > > You'll likely just need to do the following commands > > sudo apt install exfat-fuse exfat-utils > > > On 4/28/19 5:07 PM, David Lopez wrote: > > hi guys & gals > > bought an external usb3 disk, Western Digital 3 Tera-bytes. > my Ubuntu try's to automatically mount on /media/david > (david is my user name) which is the standard mount point > for all of the other external disks i have tried successfully > (Toshiba, Seagate). > > The error code is "unknown filesystem type "exfat". > > I found it by looking at the "My Book" dir under the /media dir using the > "Files" app. > > i'll certainly go the wd web site unless you guys have a remedy. > > david > > -- > David López > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen