Yes, you are right. doing "mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1" worked, but I could only manually mount, for automount it has to be entire partition "mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda"
On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 8:43 PM Jack Ostroff < ostrof...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > [resent from my subscribed email] > > "mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda" will create/format an ext4 partition taking up the > entire device, which will then easily be automounted. > > "mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1" can work, but only if you have already created a > partition table on /dev/sda and created at least one partition in it. It > probably won't automount because the system doesn't know which of the > possibly several partitions on the device should be mounted, but I haven't > tested. > > On 10/23/24 10:34 PM, syscon edm wrote: > > It was my error, the command should be: > mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda > The usb was auto-mounted as soon as the command finished. > > It has been some time since I run it, but looking at some documentation > on-line a lot of instructions show to run: > sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX1 > > eg: > > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/422656/how-to-make-an-ext4-formatted-usb-drive-with-full-rw-permissions-for-any-linux-m > Even Google AI if one search: "gentoo format usb as ext4" > it shows to run: > sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdb1 > > this will work but the disk will not automount in XFCE, > it should be: > sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX > > > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 8:20 PM Mitchell Dorrell <m...@psc.edu> wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 23, 2024, 20:35 syscon edm <syscon...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I format usb as ext4 >>> mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1 >>> >>> but XFCE does not automount the partition >>> my other usb (ext4 as well) shows up automatically under >>> /run/media/joseph/disk_name >>> >> >> I think you're correct that if something is automounting your USB storage >> device, it's probably XFCE (or some part of it). >> >> I don't personally use XFCE, but I'm sure others here probably do. If you >> don't get any responses on this mailing list, then perhaps try the >> #gentoo-xfce IRC channel. If that's also quiet, you might try another venue >> that focuses specifically on XFCE, such as the official XFCE links at >> https://www.xfce.org/community . >> >> -Mitchell Dorrell >> >>>
