thanks all installed the missing software (exfat-fuse exfat-utils). works like a charm. david On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 5:45 PM Stephen Partington wrote: > 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 < > jason_online@spatafore.net> 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 > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- David López Software Engineer