cant find USB HDD

[keydee]

Hello, I just upgraded formware to Oleg's. On the original fw before the HDD was visible correctly (formatted to ext2) after upgrade there is no hdd visible :
Jan 1 01:00:07 kernel: Vendor: Maxtor 6 Model: L300R0 Rev: 0000
Jan 1 01:00:07 kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Jan 1 01:00:07 kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Jan 1 01:00:07 kernel: SCSI device sda: 586114704 512-byte hdwr sectors (300091 MB)
Jan 1 01:00:07 kernel: Partition check:
Jan 1 01:00:07 kernel: p1 p2
Jan 1 01:00:16 kernel: VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sd(8,0).
Jan 1 01:00:16 kernel: MSDOS FS: Using codepage 950
Jan 1 01:00:16 kernel: MSDOS FS: IO charset cp950
Jan 1 01:00:16 kernel: FAT: bogus logical sector size 0
Jan 1 01:00:16 kernel: VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 08:00.
Jan 1 01:00:16 kernel: FAT: freeing iocharset=cp950
Jan 1 01:00:16 kernel: FAT: bogus logical sector size 0
Jan 1 01:00:16 kernel: VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 08:00.
This drive have 2 partitions.

Could you pplease help ?

[al37919]

Oleg's fw doesn't support ext2, only ext3

[keydee]

i thought, but I didnt find the info anywhere.... is there some possibiliy to format the hdd directly from router linux to ext3 ? Dont you know about driver to WIN? I have only ext2 driver installed. Thx man

hmm dont know how create partitions for swap, opt etc. HDD is 300gb

[al37919]

mke2fs -j creates ext3 fs.
For the initial setup see the tutorials:
http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=10307
http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=5909

[BertOnzin]

Had the same problem (with 2.5inch portable HDD Samsung G2). For me, the solution was to Hard-wire the USB supply lines, bypassing the USB supply filter.
If one doesn't want to open the WL500, a "powered" USB hub could also be a solution.
For me, the 2.5inch HDD is a substitute for a 3.5inch, saving power and an additional power-supply.