I have a 2tb usb stick. When I tried to copy a file to it I got “Filesystem does not support symbolic links”. I think this means I have it setup wrong. Can anybody tell me how to get this to accept something when I try and send it. I did actually send the item that caused this to another stick with no problem which is why I think I have this one setup wrong.
Thank you…
What format is the partition(s) on the USB flash drive? If Windows format that may be the issue.
It could also be the worn USB flash drive
Thank you for the replies. I can open Gparted and I can Create a Partition Table. I have done that and also created a new partition. The problem, I think, is that I am doing the wrong new partition. When I do that I have been using ext4 which I think has been wrong.
I have two of these 2.1’s . One has 2.1tb that have not been allocated. The other is bootable and mouted, contents. exFAT (version), UUID A258-76F2 and the partition type is NTFS/exFAT/HPPS (Bootable).
Kinda explains my problems I think.
FAT, exFAT, vFAT and MSDOS filesystems do not support symlinks by design, you need to pick a different filesystem.
Do you plan to use this USB stick on a Windows computer ?
If not, I’d just pick ext4 as your filesystem when formatting the drive, that has all support you need on linux.
No, this is for ubuntu 24.04.02
exfat does not support sysmlinks. I also have had lots of issues with exfat formatted thumb drives, it is a mish-mash of older formats cobbled together to create something that could be universal. If just using Linux, you can’t go wrong with ext4. If using on Windows machines, use NTFS, but that has no symlink support.