Re: [gentoo-user] format usb as ext4

[syscon edm <syscon780@gmail.com>]

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Yes, you are right.
doing "mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1" worked, but I could only manually mount,
for automount it has to be entire partition "mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda"

On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 8:43 PM Jack Ostroff <
ostroffjh@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> [resent from my subscribed email]
>
> "mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda" will create/format an ext4 partition taking up the
> entire device, which will then easily be automounted.
>
> "mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1" can work, but only if you have already created a
> partition table on /dev/sda and created at least one partition in it.  It
> probably won't automount because the system doesn't know which of the
> possibly several partitions on the device should be mounted, but I haven't
> tested.
>
> On 10/23/24 10:34 PM, syscon edm wrote:
>
> It was my error, the command should be:
> mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda
> The usb was auto-mounted as soon as the command finished.
>
> It has been some time since I run it, but looking at some documentation
> on-line a lot of instructions show to run:
> sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX1
>
> eg:
>
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/422656/how-to-make-an-ext4-formatted-usb-drive-with-full-rw-permissions-for-any-linux-m
> Even Google AI if one search: "gentoo format usb as ext4"
> it shows to run:
> sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdb1
>
> this will work but the disk will not automount in XFCE,
> it should be:
> sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 8:20 PM Mitchell Dorrell <mwd@psc.edu> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Oct 23, 2024, 20:35 syscon edm <syscon780@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I format usb as ext4
>>> mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
>>>
>>> but XFCE does not automount the partition
>>> my other usb (ext4 as well) shows up automatically under
>>> /run/media/joseph/disk_name
>>>
>>
>> I think you're correct that if something is automounting your USB storage
>> device, it's probably XFCE (or some part of it).
>>
>> I don't personally use XFCE, but I'm sure others here probably do. If you
>> don't get any responses on this mailing list, then perhaps try the
>> #gentoo-xfce IRC channel. If that's also quiet, you might try another venue
>> that focuses specifically on XFCE, such as the official XFCE links at
>> https://www.xfce.org/community .
>>
>> -Mitchell Dorrell
>>
>>>

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