On the Android, depends on the OEM maker of the phone. (Have not look into 3rd party FS-Drivers for Android) My ONEPLUS 7t phone could also access NTFS, BUT "PURE" Google Pixel only access VFAT, wanted to format this NTFS usb drive to VFAT. From terminal i can run: mkexfatfs /dev/sd[what ever the blkid is of that usbdevice]
On 6/10/21, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:33:18 -0700 (PDT) > Rich Shepard <[email protected]> dijo: > >>On Thu, 10 Jun 2021, Rich Shepard wrote: >> >>> Perhaps this will help: >>> <https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/exfat-better-different-fat32/> >> >>This site has a more clear explanation: >><https://thedigitalrenewal.com/difference-between-exfat-vs-fat32/> >> >>But, ... "ExFAT was designed to get around the limitations that Fat32 >>has, namely the maximum file size allowed on the file system. ExFAT >>has a larger file size limit than Fat32 allowing for up to 16GB files >>to be stored on the ExFat file system." > > Thanks, so I was right about the 4GB fie size limit on FAT32. But I > didn't realize that exFAT extends that to only 16GB. While 90%+ of my > files are under 16GB there are a few that are larger. > > I'd go with ext4, except that my phone can't read that filesystem. Mind > you, I have read that Android is supposed to be able to read/write > ext4, but when I plugged an ext4 USB stick into my phone it failed. > > Then there is the problem that GParted can't format a partition exFAT - > the option is grayed out. I don't understand why the option is even > there if it can't be used. > > None of the options suit me 100%, but the best is probably exFAT. Since > GParted can't format a partition exFAT, is there a way to do it from > the command line? >
