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 <m...@psc.edu> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 23, 2024, 20:35 syscon edm <syscon...@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 > >>
