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mtubarch

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From: Italy

Registered: 2023-02-16

Posts: 44

[SOLVED] mkfs.exfat: command not found

I would like to format a pendrive containing a bootable ISO of Arch Linux to use it for other general purposes. The output of the command "fdisk -l" is:

Disk /dev/sdb: 57.73 GiB, 61991813632 bytes, 121077761 sectors
Disk model: DataTraveler 3.0
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xa6db746a

Device     Boot   Start     End Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1  *         64 1626111 1626048  794M  0 Empty
/dev/sdb2       1626112 1656831   30720   15M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)

According to https://man.archlinux.org/man/mkfs.exfat.8 I run:

sudo mkfs.exfat /dev/sdb1

but I got:

sudo: mkfs.exfat: command not found

What is my error and what should I do? Thanks in advance.

Last edited by mtubarch (2024-11-30 16:15:23)

cryptearth

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Registered: 2024-02-03

Posts: 1,010

Re: [SOLVED] mkfs.exfat: command not found

its right at the bottom of your link

Package information:

Package name:
extra/exfatprogs

you need to install exfatprogs from extra repo

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 12,107

Re: [SOLVED] mkfs.exfat: command not found

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman … cific_file