I have a Western Digital external HDD that contains two partitions: one formated in ext4 for my laptop backup (Arch Linux), and one formated in exFAT for storing media files that I use across different operating systems.
I want to read directly on my Pixel 6a (GrapheneOS) the files stored on the exFAT partition. However, when I plug the drive through the USB A to C adapter (sold with the phone), GOS views the drive as a SD card and asks me to format it in order to use it.
I though exFAT support was included in the Linux kernel since 5.10 (I run 5.10.194-android13-4-g290eb1d8e5b9) and worked out of the box.
Why the phone can’t recognize it? What can I do about it (I don’t want to format it)?