Solution for Ubuntu 16.04 Unable to Mount Large Capacity exFAT USB Drive Online and Offline#
When Ubuntu reads a USB drive, it may display an error message stating that it cannot mount a 64GB (or larger capacity) volume.
Or
If the USB drive is not recognized by the Ubuntu virtual machine when plugged into the computer, you can go to the settings and update the USB drive compatibility from USB 2.0 to USB 3.0 (assuming your USB drive is USB 3.0).
1. Online Solution#
Enter the following command to install the exfat-utils software, which allows your computer to recognize large capacity USB drives:
sudo apt-get install exfat-utils
After the installation is complete, reopen the USB drive and it should be recognized.
2. Offline Solution#
- Download the exfat-nofuse project from GitHub. If you cannot access GitHub, I provide a Lanzouyun link.
- Place the downloaded zip file into the virtual machine. You can extract it directly using a graphical interface or use the command
uzip exfat-nofuse-master.zip
to extract it. - Go into the extracted folder, open the terminal, and enter the following commands:
make
sudo make install
- You should now be able to open exFAT formatted USB drives.