Problem with NTFS disk

[carmstrong]

The router also supports the ext2 filesystem, so you could format an external HD (or partition) with that.

[upcuser:-(]

hi,
i missed the nfs-support too. therefore i changed to openwrt - it ofters the common packages so that you should be able to configure what you need.
i wrote some lines to my experiences:
http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?p=38090
regards.

[upcuser:-(]

--double posting --- sorry

[krn]

Hi
I've connected a 300GB disk to my rouler, it contains two partitions a ntfs 275 GB and an ext2 partition 25 GB. I'have of course not writing access to the ntfs, but strangely it is the same with the ext2 partition. If I format the ext2 patition to fat32 I can write to it, I do however have files > 4GB.

why can't I write to my ext2 partition, does any one have an idea how to fix this?

I'll like just to have just one partition with R/W access I can use from my Win XP clients. At the moment I am using "Ext2 Installable File System for Windows" to access ext2, which works fine when connected direct via USB.

[hackerted]

I connected a FAT32 HDD and it works fine.
But FAT32 does not support the file above 4GB.
Any suggestions very gratefully received!

ps. sorry for my english ,i'm from Taiwan

[Oleg]

Use ext3, as NTFS is r/o.

[peca89]

I have one ext3 partition mounted to /tmp/harddisk and one ntfs partition mounted to /tmp/harddisk/part1. I can access ext3 partition normally (read/write) via samba, but I cannot access my ntfs partition at all.

I tried to change the attributes of the /tmp/harddisk/part1 directory but without success. While ntfs partition isn't mounted, I can set all the read permissions correctly, but as soon as I mount ntfs partition, /tmp/harddisk/part1 looses all the read permissions.

How can I solve this problem?

btw, I can see both partitions via stupid ftp correctly

[ryoku]

Hello together,

I have the original firmware on my asus and want to enable media server to access the attached 500gb HDD with a playstation 3.
The problem now is, that it is recognized by the playstation, but not readable.
WIth my laptop I cannot create folders or save files on it.
Therefore I guess it is an problem with permissions.
has anyone an idea?

thank you

[raas]

Hi,

NTFS is never writable when mounted to the asus.

And I don't know if the original firmware supports ntfs-read,
oleg firmware does.

if you want read/write access use fat32, if you can live wiht small (<2gb) files.

otherwise use ext2/ext3 (*nix) filesystem, these one can be mounted rw and don't have a 2gb limit.

[ryoku]

Hi,

NTFS is never writable when mounted to the asus.

And I don't know if the original firmware supports ntfs-read,
oleg firmware does.

if you want read/write access use fat32, if you can live wiht small (<2gb) files.

otherwise use ext2/ext3 (*nix) filesystem, these one can be mounted rw and don't have a 2gb limit.

thanks first, I will try olegs one. thank you!

[ryoku]

did not work

[admin@(none) /tmp]$ ls
dnsmasq.log harddisk nas.lan.pid ppp syslog.log
etc local nas.wan.conf resolv.conf udhcpc
filter_rules nas.lan.conf nat_rules syscmd.log var
[admin@(none) /tmp]$ cd harddisk/
[admin@(none) harddisk]$ mkdir asdf
mkdir: Cannot create directory `asdf': Read-only file system


any recommandations?

[al37919]

The keyword from the previous message is: "NTFS is never writable"
So, relax. there's no way around.

[chlapcisko]

Hi,
WL-500W cant read my external USB harddisk. I use the latest Oleg's firmware (1.9.2.7-10) and I get this error message:
kernel: NTFS: Unable to set blocksize 512.
kernel: NTFS: Partition cluster size is not supported yet (it is > max kernel blocksize).

Is it possible to solve this problem somehow, please? (I mean - not to reformat harddisk and set smaller cluster size, of course.)
Thanks

P.S. Sorry for my english

[Quide]

Hi,

For now, i think there is only support for FAT32, ext2 and ext3.

[wpte]

FAT32 and EXT3 are supported in oleg.
NTFS should be read-only

if you want to format the disk on your pc, you might want to use this:

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

it formats and partitions harddisks to nearly anything, and free
if you want to format it on your router, just read wengi''s howto