[HowTo] Getting started (Firmware upgr, Storage, Samba, SSH)

[sharky123]

Hello,

to anyone who uses an usb storage device on their asus with samba. Do you experience problems with writing 'big' (>100mb) files to the device? I tried all Oleg firmware versions without result. Currently running 1957-5a. I'm using an 80gb fat32 drive.

And what's more, as i aproach the drive through my asus, it's recognised as an 4gb hd? While when i connect it directly through usb on my pc, it's recognised as 80 gb. Anyone a hint? Should i try make an ext3 partition?

tnx

[Tuur]

With the newer versions of samba (and the firmware), it's better to use

encrypt passwords = no

as default, otherwise you get errors.

You can also choose to create a password file for samba (search the forum).

[double j]

I am also having a problem with writing big files to my hd with samba....

With the newer versions of samba (and the firmware), it's better to use

encrypt passwords = no

as default, otherwise you get errors.

You can also choose to create a password file for samba (search the forum).

Does a newer firmware help? Or is this a reply to an other post

[tatnat]

Hi,

similar problem here. I use a 80GB drive formatted with ext3. When mounting from a Linux-PC only 4 GB are shown as available and 0 used. Actually perhaps 10GB are used. My first guess is that the samba version used in the Asus is old. But I couldn't find something on samba lists.

tatnat

Hello,

to anyone who uses an usb storage device on their asus with samba. Do you experience problems with writing 'big' (>100mb) files to the device? I tried all Oleg firmware versions without result. Currently running 1957-5a. I'm using an 80gb fat32 drive.

And what's more, as i aproach the drive through my asus, it's recognised as an 4gb hd? While when i connect it directly through usb on my pc, it's recognised as 80 gb. Anyone a hint? Should i try make an ext3 partition?

tnx