exfat-utils is mkfs(format)/fsck(repair) implementation for exfat filesystem under GNU GPL version 2.
- Namjae Jeon linkinjeon@gmail.com
- Hyunchul Lee hyc.lee@gmail.com
Install preprequisite packages:
For Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install autoconf libtool pkg-config
For Fedora, RHEL:
sudo yum install autoconf automake libtool
Build steps:
cd into the exfat-utils directory
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
make install
- mkfs.exfat:
Build a exfat filesystem on a device or partition(e.g. /dev/hda1, dev/sda1).
Usage example:
1. No option(default) : cluster size adjustment as per device size, quick format.
mkfs.exfat /dev/sda1
2. To change cluster size(KB or MB or Byte) user want
mkfs.exfat -c 1048576 /dev/sda1
mkfs.exfat -c 1024K /dev/sda1
mkfs.exfat -c 1M /dev/sda1
3. For full format(zero out)
mkfs.exfat -f /dev/sda1
4. For set volume label, use -l option with string user want.
mkfs.exfat -l "my usb" /dev/sda1
- fsck.exfat:
Check the consistency of your exfat filesystem and optinally repair a corrupted device formatted by exfat.
Usage example:
1. check the consistency.
fsck.exfat /dev/sda1
2. repair and fix.(preparing)