On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 at 08:41, Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin(a)fastmail.us> wrote:
On 2020-06-20 22:48, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 2020-06-21 10:15, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>> On 20Jun2020 16:28, Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin(a)fastmail.us> wrote:
>>> Fred, my objective is to use the drive as an NAS. The drive began life
>>> as a WD Mybook, it had two 2GB partitions for whatever reason and I had
>>> been using it to save NFS files etc. [...]
>> Since the ASUS will be mounting the drive and sharing the data, the ASUS
>> may require particular filesystems (I'm imagining exfat or fat32). What
>> filesystem is on the drive at present?
>>
>> Also, is it a DOS partition table or GPT? Might also be relevant.
> Thanks for beating me to this. :-) :-)
>
> FWIW, ASUS doesn't seem to keep their compatibility charts up to date.
>
> I found
https://event.asus.com/2009/networks/disksupport/ but this is
from 2009 and the RT-ARCH13
> isn't listed. But the similar product RT-ARCH15 is. And it shows that
ext4 is NOT supported.
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/RT-ACRH13/E11649_RT_ACRH13_Ma...
says:
The wireless router works with most USB HDDs/Flashdisks (up to 2TB size)
and supports read-write access for FAT16, FAT32, EXT2, EXT3, and NTFS
https://www.asus.com/supportonly/RT-ACRH13/HelpDesk_Knowledge/
You can download the source code (but latest source isn't current, so you
may need to search for patches).
https://www.asus.com/supportonly/RT-ACRH13/HelpDesk_Download/
https://www.asuswrt-merlin.net/about:
*Asuswrt* is the name of the firmware developed by Asus for use on all
their recent routers. It was originally based on Tomato, and got
extensively modified by Asus over the years as they added their own
features to it. <
https://www.asus.com/ASUSWRT/>
*Asuswrt-Merlin* is an alternative, customized version of that firmware.
Developed by Eric Sauvageau, its primary goals are to enhance the existing
firmware without bringing any radical changes, and to fix some of the known
issues and limitations, while maintaining the same level of performance as
the original firmware. This means Asuswrt-Merlin retains full support for
NAT acceleration (sometimes referred to as "hardware acceleration"),
enhanced NTFS performance (through the proprietary drivers used by Asus
from either Paragon or Tuxera), and the Asus exclusive features such as
AiCloud or the Trend Micro-powered AiProtection. New feature addition is
very low on the list of priorities for this project.
When I look at the drive on this computer with I gparted I see:
[root@Workstation-1 bobg]# gparted /dev/sdc
WD My Book 25EE ext4 /run/media/bobg/bbdb9a5e-5003-4d4e-a18c-fb30a248
Perhaps I need to change the file system to vfat, gpt, or whatever samba
wants? ASUS appears to be using a version of DD-WRT with their own gui,
I believe the hype mentioned WRT? One reason for getting this router was
to try the USB attached hard drive using an unmodified router, I always
buy a router that is listed compatible with DD-WRT or preferably
Tomato-USB, the latter preferred since it logs daily usage per ipaddress
so I know what is hogging my b.w. allocation. I had similar, probably
the same, problems withe router I've been using for the last year which
I reworked for Tomato-USB, a DD-WRT related program.
You do need to change the filesystem, NTFS is probably the best choice, but
you have to deal with the 2TB limit. Some elderly PC systems refuse to
deal
with 4TB drives, and some will accept a 4TB drive with a 2TB partition.
--
George N. White III