mkfs.exfat Creates an exfat filesystem inside a partition. Create an exfat filesystem inside partition 1 on device b (sdb1): mkfs.exfat {{/dev/sdb1}} Create filesystem with a volume-name: mkfs.exfat -n {{volume_name}} {{/dev/sdb1}} Create filesystem with a volume-id: mkfs.exfat -i {{volume_id}} {{/dev/sdb1}}