I seamlessly mounted and unmounted my external 2TB Linux ext4 drive *once* using Paragon extfs extension (which i purchased just to be able to mount my linux disk).

Now Paragon sees the drive, automatically and says it is repairing it... but hangs forever. Is this a Big Sur/ARM issue? Could it be that the drive unmounted uncleanly somehow?

The drive mounts perfectly on Linux machines. So I don't think it's an issue with the drive per se.
Drive has external power source and is USB.

Was nun?

Diskutil dump (for what it's worth) here:


Device Identifier: disk4s1
Device Node: /dev/disk4s1
Whole: No
Part of Whole: disk4

Volume Name: Film 03
Mounted: No

Partition Type: Linux
File System Personality: UFSD_EXTFS4
Type (Bundle): ufsd_ExtFS
Name (User Visible): extFS 4

OS Can Be Installed: No
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: USB
SMART Status: Not Supported
Volume UUID: DD6D58A3-18D6-4666-8999-6AA7B9054F8F
Partition Offset: 32256 Bytes (63 512-Byte-Device-Blocks)

Disk Size: 2.0 TB (2000396289024 Bytes) (exactly 3907024002 512-Byte-Units)
Device Block Size: 512 Bytes

Volume Total Space: 0 B (0 Bytes) (exactly 0 512-Byte-Units)
Volume Free Space: 0 B (0 Bytes) (exactly 0 512-Byte-Units)

Media OS Use Only: No
Media Read-Only: No
Volume Read-Only: Not applicable (not mounted)

Device Location: External
Removable Media: Fixed

Solid State: Info not available
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many thanks for help solving this.

Daniel Wolpert