On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Fernando Cassia <fcas...@gmail.com> wrote: > F18 here. I thought Linux included support for Microsoft's exFat? > > I get "'Unknown filesystem type: exfat' when plugging a Sandisk U3 8GB > Pen Drive formattted on WinXP with Exfat...
exFAT may be subject to patents [1] and thus cannot be in Fedora proper. You can install the "exfat-fuse" package from RPMFusion-free in order to mount exFAT disks in Fedora, and fsck/mkfs/etc. are in the "exfat-utils" package also in RPMFusion. -T.C. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT#Disadvantages -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
