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Macbook Pro early 2013, Ubuntu 14.04 (latest updates as of March 30th 2016). Everything works in OSX. A regular 2GB SD card worked in Ubuntu.

When I plug it in it shows up in /dev as mmcblk0.

When I attempt to mount it:

domenic@mac:/dev$ sudo mount -t exfat mmcblk0 /media/domenic/thing/
[sudo] password for domenic: 
FUSE exfat 1.0.1
ERROR: exFAT file system is not found.

But I have fuse installed: 

domenic@mac:/dev$ sudo apt-get install exfat-fuse
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
exfat-fuse is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded.

I have also tried a variety of file-system formats, and I have also tried varying sizes of disk partitions to eliminate these cases.

The solution shown here and here did not work for me as they simply recommend installing the fuse tools.

Here is what gparted sees. It will not create a partition table for this disk in any format: gparted display

Here is the output for fdisk -l:

domenic@mac:/dev$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for domenic: 

WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.


Disk /dev/sda: 251.0 GB, 251000193024 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30515 cylinders, total 490234752 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x9f793f3f

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1      409639      204819+  ee  GPT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda2   *      409640   411854951   205722656   af  HFS / HFS+
/dev/sda3       411856896   419854335     3998720   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda4       419854336   490233855    35189760   83  Linux

Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 127.9 GB, 127864930304 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 3902128 cylinders, total 249736192 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/mmcblk0 doesn't contain a valid partition table
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DCurro
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Having the card with a GPT partition table and ExFAT is the culprit. If I zero my USB flash device, then put it into the Mac, the format popup lets me choose between Apple / GUID / MBR. If I keep the default of GUID (GPT) now together with exFAT, I get the exact same behaviour on my Ubuntu 16.04LTS as you describe. This combination can only be read by Mac, but not Windows or Linux at the moment.

So you have to use Linux to make a readable exFAT partition as a first step.

Try

sudo fdisk /dev/mmcblk0 and make a new partition table in MBR format with o,n,p,1,Return,Return,t,7,w to make a new MBR drive with a partition of type 7 (NTFS/exFAT) which spans the full medium.

Now, from Ubuntu, do mkexfatfs -n YourVolumeNameHere /dev/mmcblk0p1.

Test SDCard under Ubuntu by mounting it (eject/reinsert should be enough), writing to it and if you like, with GParted. After that, boot to OSX and test the card again there for functionality.

Now it should work under all systems. I have tested it with a USB stick for Ubuntu 16.04LTS, Windows 10, and Mac OS X El Capitan.

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If you can look into fdisk -l output, on last line it states:
Disk /dev/mmcblk0 doesn't contain a valid partition table

  • This means your SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC 128GB card has either lost it's Partition Table or it has been corrupted.

To create new partition table on MSD/USB you can use GParted,
Choose: Device → Create Partition Table, Select New Partition Table Type, and click on Apply. It'll create a new partition table on MSD/USB. Don't forget to click on Apply All Oeration(Green Right mark below menu-bar)

You can refer GParted Documentation, Search for Creating a New Partition Table, same steps are there.

For doing the same using terminal, you can refer commands from following link:
- How to Use Fdisk to Manage Partitions on Linux

After your partition table is created your file-system will be able to mount it. But still check for any error on file-system, Goto Check and Repair Your Filesystem With fsck [Linux] for help.

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  1. Launch the Disks app
  2. Click on the SD Card
  3. hit the gears
  4. hit format disk
  5. Choose a name for the SD card
  6. Hit format (It will reformat to FAT and all info will be lost on the SD card)
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Search Disks in dash ,delete partition within Drive and create partition.

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You could create a disk image and dd it to the device.

sudo dd if=<disk partition identifier for the 2GB disk> of=./2GB.dd

Then write that to the other device.

sudo dd if=./2GB.dd of=/dev/mmcblk0 (make sure that is the correct device identifier!)

You could also do it in one step with

sudo dd if=/dev/2gbdiskid of=/dev/mmcblk0

That will take the entire disk from the small 2GB disk and write it (including the partition table etc.) to the 128GB disk. then gparted should be able to expand the partition.

Also make sure the tiny switch on the device (SD Card I assume) is set to allow writing to the device.

If you are using a microSD to SD adapter, make sure the Lock switch on the left side of the adapter card is slid up (unlock position) from here

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