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Add exFAT support for USB drives #3

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opened 2026-03-04 00:54:59 +00:00 by tiffany · 3 comments
tiffany commented 2026-03-04 00:54:59 +00:00
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I added a folder to my USB to then plug into ButterBox and access however the ButterBox would not recognize that I had plugged the USB into the Box. After troubleshooting it was brought to my attention that I needed to reformat my USB (properties of the stick/thumbdrive) itself to Fat32. My USB was old and originally formatted to ExFat. Once I reformatted it to Fat32, the USB was readable by the ButterBox and I could access the content.

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*By default ButterBoxes will read Fat32 and Ext4

I added a folder to my USB to then plug into ButterBox and access however the ButterBox would not recognize that I had plugged the USB into the Box. After troubleshooting it was brought to my attention that I needed to reformat my USB (properties of the stick/thumbdrive) itself to Fat32. My USB was old and originally formatted to ExFat. Once I reformatted it to Fat32, the USB was readable by the ButterBox and I could access the content. Notes: - I burned a Pi4 image onto an SD card for my Pi0 2, which worked! - I burned the latest image found here: https://files.sr2.uk/d/52bd8561a10d4d83be7b/?p=%2F&mode=list - Image: raspi4_butter_main_v0.0.1_180226.img.tar.gz (1.3GB/ 14 days old) *By default ButterBoxes will read Fat32 and Ext4
irl commented 2026-05-12 19:55:04 +00:00
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ExFAT should be supportable, we might need to install some package for this.

ExFAT should be supportable, we might need to install some package for this.
irl changed title from Add multi-support formatting for USB to Add exFAT support for USB drives 2026-05-12 19:55:18 +00:00
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acute commented 2026-05-13 09:38:09 +00:00
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I have tested an ExFAT USB with both a RPI and a AMD64 image not so long ago, it seemed to work out of the box. Perhaps this needs one last test with the latest builds before we can close it.

I have tested an ExFAT USB with both a RPI and a AMD64 image not so long ago, it seemed to work out of the box. Perhaps this needs one last test with the latest builds before we can close it.
irl commented 2026-05-13 09:40:06 +00:00
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Not just test on this current build but we should maintain a list of requirements in some Markdown docs so we know it still works after the shift to bootc.

Not just test on this current build but we should maintain a list of requirements in some Markdown docs so we know it still works after the shift to bootc.
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