RT-AC68U max file size?

[calzor suzay]

I didn't think you could format it on the router hence me doing it in minitools utility.

 

[ColinTaylor]

I didn't think you could format it on the router hence me doing it in minitools utility.

Only if you SSH into it and do it from the command line.

 

[calzor suzay]

So unmount/eject it from the Asus router, re add it then from the ASUS SSH command line format it then?

 

[ColinTaylor]

Use the router's GUI to unmount the drive.
Then from the command line format it. You can't format it while it's mounted.
After it has been formatted you can unplug the drive. Plugging it back in will make the router auto-mount it. The router will also create some hidden files which it uses for Samba and FTP shares.

Don't create the top-level folders (shares) any other way apart from through the GUI.

 

[calzor suzay]

Nope no luck

Using fdisk -l I found the drive as /dev/sdb so ran mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb and it duly did it's thing, I then physically unplugged it, waited then plugged the drive back in. The router shows it mounted but again says available space 0gb and total space 0gb so went to FTP anyway, now when I expand the drive out I have an sdb directory, click on the + to make a new folder but box pops up and can't make it go away, at the top it does say "Add new folder in undefined" though.

I do have a small 8gb USB flash drive plugged in the USB2 port that I'm using for AB Solutions add block and I can create FTP folders on this as a test ok.

 

[calzor suzay]

output (not all of it) from fdisk -l which shows doesn't contain a valid partition table.

Disk /dev/sda: 8019 MB, 8019509248 bytes
246 heads, 40 sectors/track, 1591 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 9840 * 512 = 5038080 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1591 7822367+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 1 1591 7822336 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.1 GB, 1000194400256 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121600 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

 

[ColinTaylor]

Ah yes, that looks like the problem. You haven't created any partitions (or you formatted over the partition table). The device should mount them as something like /dev/sdb1 not /dev/sdb.

Use "fdisk /dev/sdb" (or MiniTool) to create at least one primary partition. And then "mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1" (or let MiniTool format it for you).

 

[calzor suzay]

Still no luck

In Gui still says available space 0gb and total space 0gb so went to FTP and still can't create a folder same as before.
I couldn't get it working via the SSH so did it via Minitools creating an MBR then a primary EXT4 partition.

fdisk -l looks better though...

Disk /dev/sda: 8019 MB, 8019509248 bytes
246 heads, 40 sectors/track, 1591 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 9840 * 512 = 5038080 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1591 7822367+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 1 1591 7822336 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.1 GB, 1000194400256 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121600 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 121600 976750592 83 Linux

 

[ColinTaylor]

It looks OK to me so I can't think what the problem might be.

Try rebooting the router and then looking in the syslog for any interesting messages.

 

[calzor suzay]

Sep 28 20:43:04 rc_service: ntp 773:notify_rc restart_upnp
Sep 28 20:43:04 miniupnpd[785]: shutting down MiniUPnPd
Sep 28 20:43:04 miniupnpd[808]: HTTP listening on port 35790
Sep 28 20:43:04 miniupnpd[808]: Listening for NAT-PMP/PCP traffic on port 5351
Sep 28 20:43:05 rc_service: ntp 773:notify_rc restart_diskmon
Sep 28 20:43:05 disk_monitor: Finish
Sep 28 20:43:06 disk monitor: be idle
Sep 28 20:43:07 custom script: Running /jffs/scripts/post-mount (args: /tmp/mnt/AsusUSB2)
Sep 28 20:43:07 rc_service: service 813:notify_rc restart_dnsmasq
Sep 28 20:43:07 dnsmasq[441]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM
Sep 28 20:43:07 custom script: Running /jffs/scripts/dnsmasq.postconf (args: /etc/dnsmasq.conf)
Sep 28 20:43:07 admin: AB-Solution added entries via post-mount
Sep 28 20:43:07 rc_service: hotplug 688:notify_rc restart_nasapps
Sep 28 20:43:07 rc_service: waitting "restart_dnsmasq" via ...
Sep 28 20:43:09 admin: AB-Solution added entries via ab_dnsmasq_postconf.sh
Sep 28 20:43:09 admin: AB-Solution linked dnsmasq.postconf to ab_dnsmasq_postconf.sh
Sep 28 20:43:10 iTunes: daemon is stopped
Sep 28 20:43:10 FTP Server: daemon is stopped
Sep 28 20:43:12 Samba Server: smb daemon is stopped
Sep 28 20:43:12 kernel: gro disabled
Sep 28 20:43:12 Timemachine: daemon is stopped
Sep 28 20:43:12 miniupnpd[808]: shutting down MiniUPnPd
Sep 28 20:43:12 kernel: gro enabled with interval 2
Sep 28 20:43:14 Samba Server: daemon is started
Sep 28 20:43:14 FTP server: daemon is started
Sep 28 20:43:15 miniupnpd[879]: HTTP listening on port 40012
Sep 28 20:43:15 miniupnpd[879]: Listening for NAT-PMP/PCP traffic on port 5351
Sep 28 20:43:28 crond[449]: time disparity of 611743 minutes detected
Sep 28 20:57:21 dropbear[903]: Child connection from 192.168.1.9:58280
Sep 28 20:57:36 dropbear[903]: Password auth succeeded for 'admin' from 192.168.1.9:58280
Sep 28 21:00:06 disk_monitor: Got SIGALRM...

Nothing untoward, the last part is 'normal' looking at other threads here.

 

[calzor suzay]

Also just tried formatting it as NTFS, same thing it detects it but 0gb and can't do anything with FTP.
Placed it back in PC and there's some files there now I can't open .___var.txt, .__admin_var.txt, .__folder_list.txt etc.

 

[calzor suzay]

Got something more interesting from syslog if I just plug drive in whilst it's on:-

Sep 28 21:31:22 kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
Sep 28 21:31:22 kernel: scsi2 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0
Sep 28 21:31:25 kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access Samsung M3 Portable 3 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
Sep 28 21:31:25 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
Sep 28 21:31:27 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 1953504688 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/931 GiB)
Sep 28 21:31:27 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Sep 28 21:31:27 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Sep 28 21:31:27 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Sep 28 21:31:27 kernel: sdb: sdb1
Sep 28 21:31:27 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Sep 28 21:31:27 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
Sep 28 21:31:28 hotplug[982]: USB /dev/sdb1(ntfs) failed to mount at the first try!
Sep 28 21:31:28 usb: USB /dev/sdb1(ntfs) failed to mount At the first try!
Sep 28 21:31:28 kernel: tntfs info (device sdb1, pid 993): ntfs_fill_super(): fail_safe is enabled
Sep 28 21:31:28 kernel: tntfs info (device sdb1, pid 993): load_system_files(): NTFS volume name 'Samsung', version 3.1 (cluster_size 4096, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE 4096).
Sep 28 21:31:29 syslog: USB ntfs fs at /dev/sdb1 mounted on /tmp/mnt/Samsung
Sep 28 21:31:29 usb: USB ntfs fs at /dev/sdb1 mounted on /tmp/mnt/Samsung.

This is still with it formatted as NTFS.
Not sure about the fail safe bit.

 

[calzor suzay]

and formatted as ext4:-

Sep 28 23:35:27 kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
Sep 28 23:35:28 kernel: scsi3 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0
Sep 28 23:35:31 kernel: scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access Samsung M3 Portable 3 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
Sep 28 23:35:31 kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
Sep 28 23:35:33 kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 1953504688 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/931 GiB)
Sep 28 23:35:33 kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Sep 28 23:35:33 kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Sep 28 23:35:33 kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Sep 28 23:35:33 kernel: sdb: sdb1
Sep 28 23:35:33 kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Sep 28 23:35:33 kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
Sep 28 23:35:33 hotplug[1201]: USB ext4 fs at /dev/sdb1 mounted on /tmp/mnt/Samsung
Sep 28 23:35:33 usb: USB ext4 fs at /dev/sdb1 mounted on /tmp/mnt/Samsung.
Sep 28 23:35:33 kernel: EXT4-fs (sdb1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: user_xattr
Sep 28 23:35:33 custom script: Running /jffs/scripts/post-mount (args: /tmp/mnt/Samsung)
Sep 28 23:35:33 rc_service: service 1223:notify_rc restart_dnsmasq
Sep 28 23:35:33 custom script: Running /jffs/scripts/dnsmasq.postconf (args: /etc/dnsmasq.conf)
Sep 28 23:35:34 admin: AB-Solution added entries via post-mount
Sep 28 23:35:34 rc_service: hotplug 1201:notify_rc restart_nasapps
Sep 28 23:35:34 rc_service: waitting "restart_dnsmasq" via ...
Sep 28 23:35:34 admin: AB-Solution added entries via ab_dnsmasq_postconf.sh
Sep 28 23:35:34 admin: AB-Solution linked dnsmasq.postconf to ab_dnsmasq_postconf.sh
Sep 28 23:35:35 iTunes: daemon is stopped
Sep 28 23:35:35 FTP Server: daemon is stopped
Sep 28 23:35:35 Samba Server: smb daemon is stopped
Sep 28 23:35:35 kernel: gro disabled
Sep 28 23:35:36 Timemachine: daemon is stopped
Sep 28 23:35:36 miniupnpd[1120]: shutting down MiniUPnPd
Sep 28 23:35:37 miniupnpd[1275]: HTTP listening on port 41646
Sep 28 23:35:37 miniupnpd[1275]: Listening for NAT-PMP/PCP traffic on port 5351

 

[ColinTaylor]

So it's working now?

 

[calzor suzay]

Nope same as ever

GUI still says available space 0gb and total space 0gb
FTP settings and still can't create a folder, popup appears to add a folder but can't make it go away, at the top it does say "Add new folder in undefined".

From SSH I appear to be able to get to it as admin, make folders, like I say before I even managed to FTP an 11gb file to it.

Could it be a bug on Merlin 308.62 firmware?

 

[octopus]

Nope same as ever
GUI still says available space 0gb and total space 0gb
FTP settings and still can't create a folder, popup appears to add a folder but can't make it go away, at the top it does say "Add new folder in undefined".
From SSH I appear to be able to get to it as admin, make folders, like I say before I even managed to FTP an 11gb file to it.
Could it be a bug on Merlin 308.62 firmware?

Remove your usd-drive and test this:
When i have that kind of trouble i refomat with "Paragon Partition Magic"
1: Delete Partition
2: Create Partition (ext2-3-4) Primary
3: Change volyme label
4: Test surface
5: Wait
6: Done

 

[ColinTaylor]

Sep 28 23:35:35 FTP Server: daemon is stopped
Sep 28 23:35:35 Samba Server: smb daemon is stopped

Are you sure you have enabled the Samba and FTP servers? The log shows them as turned off.

EDIT: OK forget that question. I see the following also in the log, so presumably the servers get started further down the log.

Sep 28 23:35:34 rc_service: hotplug 1201:notify_rc restart_nasapps

 

[calzor suzay]

Haven't been using Samba but noticed it was on so it turned it off anyway, FTP can be off/on it makes no difference to it recognizing the drive properly.

I might try it with USB2 drive not installed as mentioned.

 

[calzor suzay]

Seems it/they don't like having the 8gb USB2 stick and the 1TB USB3 drive in at the same time

If I unplug the 8gb USB2 stick the 1TB USB3 drive acts and runs fine, it shows the space I can FTP etc. so for now I've it with the 1TB drive added but that's stopped my AB-Solution ad blocker working but will post in that thread.

 

[L&LD]

Seems it/they don't like having the 8gb USB2 stick and the 1TB USB3 drive in at the same time

If I unplug the 8gb USB2 stick the 1TB USB3 drive acts and runs fine, it shows the space I can FTP etc. so for now I've it with the 1TB drive added but that's stopped my AB-Solution ad blocker working but will post in that thread.

Why don't you just install the AB-Solution on the 1TB drive instead?