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[thelonelycoder]

Clucking bell! I didn't think of that. DOH.

Thanks (I said I was a noob) [emoji1303]

We all learn something new every day, I hope...

 

[thelonelycoder]

ASUS RT-N66U, runing merlin on 380.65_4. The firmware is specifically for the model. I assume it's the System Log - General Log https://pastebin.com/xsLUPnF1

I can't properly read it, but I see some things that doesn't look OK, but nothing major.

In the SSH terminal, enter:

df -T

And post complete output, I believe you have no jffs partition and no ext2/3/4 formatted device plugged in. For AB to install, you need a ext* formatted device. See https://www.ab-solution.info/install/requirements.html

 

[Frejoh4666]

Ah, I mixed fat32 with ext*. The ext* option don't exist on Windows so guess I must have thought it was supposed to be fat. I try to format it again and see what happens.

Filesystem           Type       1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root            squashfs       22848     22848         0 100% /
tmpfs                tmpfs         119836       796    119040   1% /tmp
devfs                tmpfs         119836         0    119836   0% /dev
/dev/sda1            vfat          991900       112    991788   0% /tmp/mnt/USB
frejoh466@RT-N66U-B308:/tmp/home/root#

 

[thelonelycoder]

Ah, I mixed fat32 with ext*. The ext* option don't exist on Windows so guess I must have thought it was supposed to be fat. I try to format it again and see what happens.

Filesystem           Type       1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root            squashfs       22848     22848         0 100% /
tmpfs                tmpfs         119836       796    119040   1% /tmp
devfs                tmpfs         119836         0    119836   0% /dev
/dev/sda1            vfat          991900       112    991788   0% /tmp/mnt/USB
frejoh466@RT-N66U-B308:/tmp/home/root#

You can use the "MiniTool Partition Wizard Free" to format to either ext2 or ext3.
But first, you have to find out why your router lacks the jffs partition, it's missing in your output of df.

 

[Frejoh4666]

You can use the "MiniTool Partition Wizard Free" to format to either ext2 or ext3.
But first, you have to find out why your router lacks the jffs partition, it's missing in your output of df.

Ok, I used gparted and tried ext4 for a while before I tried ext3 and it is finding the USB now

Filesystem           Type       1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root            squashfs       22848     22848         0 100% /
tmpfs                tmpfs         119836       628    119208   1% /tmp
devfs                tmpfs         119836         0    119836   0% /dev
/dev/sda1            ext3          986712     17748    918840   2% /tmp/mnt/ASUS
frejoh466@RT-N66U-B308:/tmp/home/root#

But how do I enable the jffs partition then?
I tried to manually enable jffs by switching "Format JFFS partition at next boot" to yes and reboot. "Enable JFFS custom scripts and configs" is on yes, and have rebooted.

Edit:
nvm I'm a moron, I didn't click apply before rebooting

Filesystem           Type       1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root            squashfs       22848     22848         0 100% /
tmpfs                tmpfs         119836       468    119368   0% /tmp
devfs                tmpfs         119836         0    119836   0% /dev
/dev/mtdblock4       jffs2           8192       580      7612   7% /jffs
/dev/sda1            ext3          986712     17748    918840   2% /tmp/mnt/ASUS
frejoh466@RT-N66U-B308:/tmp/home/root#

Got past the check, so I should be fine. Thanks for the help.

 

[swetoast]

Mini partation wizard should handle ext4 without issues.

 

[thelonelycoder]

Mini partation wizard should handle ext4 without issues.

For sure, but the RT-N66U is a MIPS router and therefore only support ext2 and ext3. Only ARM routers support ext4.
Thats why I suggested to format in one of the two formats.
My website says as much.

 

[swetoast]

Ahh k, how old is the kernel in RTN66U since it doesnt handle ext4 ?

 

[thelonelycoder]

Ahh k, how old is the kernel in RTN66U since it doesnt handle ext4 ?

It's a MIPS processor, none of the MIPS Asus routers supports ext4.

 

[swetoast]

RT-N56u did with padavan firmware did but that firmware has a 3.x kernel, guessing that its some old 2.x kernel with minimal support

 

[thelonelycoder]

RT-N56u did with padavan firmware did but that firmware has a 3.x kernel, guessing that its some old 2.x kernel with minimal support

I see, not a concern then atm as AB only installs and runs on Merlin and forks.

 

[swetoast]

its good to know for the future atleast

 

[Twiglets]

thelonelycoder,

Sorry for this odd post/format.
Problem:
Got an Error fly past during an 'Option 1' follow of the logfile (See below)
Have previously run 'el' option and processed Black/White lists.

Please view the attached 'problem-email-text_zpsa95khrtm.png' for listing of erroneous part of the files.

[I cannot post this as text, for some reason, as the forum appears to block something I type/paste* ??? .... See http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/GrapheneMan/media/Blocked Message_zpsbxlxmgux.png.html]

http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/GrapheneMan/media/problem-email-text_zpsa95khrtm.png.html


* Reported the problem and was advised 'Use pastebin or post an image (jpg, png) of the problem code.' hence this strange post.

 

[thelonelycoder]

thelonelycoder,

Sorry for this odd post/format.
Problem:
Got an Error fly past during an 'Option 1' follow of the logfile (See below)
Have previously run 'el' option and processed Black/White lists.

Please view the attached 'problem-email-text_zpsa95khrtm.png' for listing of erroneous part of the files.

[I cannot post this as text, for some reason, as the forum appears to block something I type/paste* ??? .... See http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/GrapheneMan/media/Blocked Message_zpsbxlxmgux.png.html]

http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/GrapheneMan/media/problem-email-text_zpsa95khrtm.png.html


* Reported the problem and was advised 'Use pastebin or post an image (jpg, png) of the problem code.' hence this strange post.

Nothing AB can do about it, Dnsmasq does not like that character, thats all.
What blocking file type are you using and if custom, what hosts files?

 

[RMerlin]

dnsmasq isn't compiled with IDN support, so accented characters aren't supported by it.

 

[thelonelycoder]

thelonelycoder,

Sorry for this odd post/format.
Problem:
Got an Error fly past during an 'Option 1' follow of the logfile (See below)
Have previously run 'el' option and processed Black/White lists.

Please view the attached 'problem-email-text_zpsa95khrtm.png' for listing of erroneous part of the files.

[I cannot post this as text, for some reason, as the forum appears to block something I type/paste* ??? .... See http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/GrapheneMan/media/Blocked Message_zpsbxlxmgux.png.html]

http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/GrapheneMan/media/problem-email-text_zpsa95khrtm.png.html


* Reported the problem and was advised 'Use pastebin or post an image (jpg, png) of the problem code.' hence this strange post.

Just checked, this domain must have slipped through in the HpHosts file with this url:
http://support.it-mate.co.uk/downloads/hosts.txt
The partial, more frequently updated hosts file from HpHosts also has an umlaut domain name: verifìcation.com,
http://hosts-file.net/hphosts-partial.txt

I've sent them an email, will report back if they respond.
Both are used in the blocking file types 5 (Large) and 6 (AB-Maximum).

Nothing to worry about, Dnsmasq just ignores that line.

 

[thelonelycoder]

dnsmasq isn't compiled with IDN support, so accented characters aren't supported by it.

Dnsmasq ignores the line containing foreign chars and loads the rest of it. I just checked.

 

[Twiglets]

Nothing AB can do about it, Dnsmasq does not like that character, thats all.
What blocking file type are you using and if custom, what hosts files?

[Sorry cross posted Ignore ]
Thanks,

I am using ' 6. AB-Maximum:'
It must be a typo in the original file.
I will edit it.

(Via 'Google' discovered DNS is supposed to be LDH (Letters, Digits & Hyphen) subset of ASCII, yet i thought non-english URL's were now allowed. Does this mean that you need to use LDH ASCII behind the scenes to setup your network infrastructure regardless ???)

 

[thelonelycoder]

[Sorry cross posted Ignore ]
Thanks,

I am using ' 6. AB-Maximum:'
It must be a typo in the original file.
I will edit it.

(Via 'Google' discovered DNS is supposed to be LDH (Letters, Digits & Hyphen) subset of ASCII, yet i thought non-english URL's were now allowed. Does this mean that you need to use LDH ASCII behind the scenes to setup your network infrastructure regardless ???)

The browser converts them to xn name domains, so that is not the problem. But for your local domains within your LAN this will not work as Dnsmasq itself cannot resolve it.

 

[thelonelycoder]

It must be a typo in the original file.

What typo? In AB?