Re: mounting external exfat disk

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From: joe mcguckin <joe_at_via.net>
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2021 00:11:46 UTC

Thanks Kirk,

Joe


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> On Jul 7, 2021, at 6:10 PM, Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com> wrote:
> 
>> From: joe mcguckin <joe@via.net>
>> Subject: mounting external exfat disk
>> Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2021 19:52:20 -0700
>> To: freebsd-fs <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org>
>> 
>> Is fuse-fs still the recommended way to mount an external exfat disk?
> 
> Yes, fuse-fs is the only way to mount an external exfat disk on FreeBSD.
> 
>> Does FreeBSD 'taste' and auto-mount external media (e.g. like Linux?)
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Joe McGuckin
>> ViaNet Communications
> 
> In the base FreeBSD system there is no auto-mounting of external media.
> I believe that there is a utility in the ports collection that will
> provide that functionality, but I was not able to find it with a casual
> search.
> 
> 	Kirk McKusick