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KILLERDOG
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 25, 2021 12:11    Post subject: New to usb file sharing Reply with quote
Firstly i would like to wish you all a very Merry Xmas and good wishes :) Secondly, im a little stuck on this usb sharing. Basicvally have two computers and i want them tohave access to a folder that just has programs on like winrar,graphic drivers and such. So when i format the pc, i dont have to run around looking for usb sticks or dvds, i can just go to a file with it all on. I have stuck a USB stick router and im using WinSCP to access it. Problem is if i remove the usb stick and put in back in, what ever was on it is not showing up. Any ideas? Also is there a better or easier way to share a folder. Thx guys, once again, all the best :)
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 25, 2021 13:45    Post subject: Reply with quote
After setting up the USB, set up Samba under the NAS tab.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 25, 2021 13:52    Post subject: Reply with quote
You did not state router model and build number.

Both SMB and NTFS has seen some fixes lately.

But NTFS still is picky if the stick is removed while the router is running it can flag the partition as dirty (and then you have to run chkdsk from a windows station).

Ext2 is a better choice

I use Samba to share between my windows stations

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 25, 2021 14:20    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is all new to me. I have an r7800 with the latest 47911 firmware installed. I have heard people mention samba and stuff like that but never had a reason to use it, until now. Im using WinScp to gain access to the usb stick, which is 32gb sandisk 3.0. Maybe samba might give me better access to the usb ?
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 25, 2021 14:48    Post subject: Reply with quote
Attached my personal notes, slightly outdated but it can perhaps get you started
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 25, 2021 15:42    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great stuff, looking at them right now. Can someone please tell me why i format the stick to EXT2 and it comes out as EXT4 ? Very odd.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 25, 2021 15:50    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just tried to format the usb drive again as ext2 and it did indeed do it, but when i try to write files to it, the router crashes and i cant get access to the dd-wrt gui unless i reboot. Surely there has to be an easier way to share files. Maybe go back to stock and use READYSHARE, which would be a shame because m using dd-wrt to improve my user experience, but sadly some features are missing.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 25, 2021 15:52    Post subject: Reply with quote
Because the EXT4 driver is handling EXT2.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 25, 2021 16:01    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ok, so ext4 is handling ext2. But why does the stick crash and i cant get access to the router when trying to use WinSCP to put something on it ?
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 4:21    Post subject: Reply with quote
are you saying it still crashes after formatting the stick to ext2?

Be thorough in what you are telling us.

And why would you remove the stick at all? why not just leave it in there?

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 20:55    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yep, it crashed when it was NTFS. So now i have made it Fat32, it all seems ok. Does that matter if its fat 32 ? I seem to have fully access to it now and all seems well. Would it work / transfer data better if it was ext2 ?
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