NTFS for a wrt600n. Please Help.

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wizardknight
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 6:03    Post subject: NTFS for a wrt600n. Please Help. Reply with quote
I have an external 1tb hard drive that I want to connect as a samba share. Because I have files over 4gb I can't use fat 32. I want to use NTFS as I do use the drive with windows systems when accessing the largest files to save time.

I have been trying to find a guide to help me get ntfs up and running on my 600n, but I can't find anything useful. Could someone point me to a thread. I can't believe that there hasn't been a guide written at some point for something basic like this. Still I can't seem to find it.


I did find a few threads that suggested the big firmware supported it out of the box, but it didn't when I tried it. Crying or Very sad http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/What_is_%22DD-WRT%22%3F#File_Versions also says that it is not supported by any firmware out of the box.

At the moment I am running build 18777 BrainSlayer-V24-preSP2.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 18:23    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 3:41    Post subject: Reply with quote
What version of firmware are you running?

The "big" version is supposed to support ntfs, however by default it will not mount due to the modules not being loaded in memory. I think you have to insert them first before trying to mount an ntfs file system.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 3:45    Post subject: Reply with quote
crashfly wrote:
What version of firmware are you running?

The "big" version is supposed to support ntfs, however by default it will not mount due to the modules not being loaded in memory. I think you have to insert them first before trying to mount an ntfs file system.

I noted that I am currently running build 18777 BrainSlayer-V24-preSP2 in my first post. Isn't that the firmware version?
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 23:13    Post subject: Reply with quote
wizardknight wrote:
I noted that I am currently running build 18777 BrainSlayer-V24-preSP2 in my first post. Isn't that the firmware version?

Yeah, that was 'my bad'. I skipped right over that.

To check for modules loaded, use the command 'lsmod'. To see what modules the firmware has, check the directory "/lib/modules/*.*.*" where the stars are the current kernel number (mine is 2.4.37). That directory can tell you if you have any ntfs related modules to mount ntfs.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:57    Post subject: Reply with quote
For Sh*ts and giggles I switched back to dd-wrt.v24-17990_NEWD_big DD-WRT v24-sp2 mega (c) 2011 NewMedia-NET GmbH Release: 12/08/11 (SVN revision: 17990)

I am not seeing anything that looks like NTFS to me.Crying or Very sad


lsmod

DD-WRT v24-sp2
http://www.dd-wrt.com

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BusyBox v1.19.3 (2011-12-08 16:51:09 CET) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

root@NAS:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
etherip 5104 0 (unused)
vfat 12544 1
fat 38896 0 [vfat]
usb-storage 40344 1
sd_mod 13092 2
scsi_mod 101584 2 [usb-storage sd_mod]
usb-ohci 20352 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 22060 0 (unused)
usbcore 84576 1 [usb-storage usb-ohci ehci-hcd]
switch-robo 6108 0 (unused)
switch-core 5888 0 [switch-robo]
bcm57xxlsys 120016 1



root@NAS:/lib/modules/2.4.37# ls
bcm57xxlsys.o fat.o jbd.o
cifs.o imq.o jffs2.o
diag.o ip_conntrack_pptp.o mmc.o
ebt_arpnat.o ip_conntrack_proto_gre.o printer.o
ebt_dnat.o ip_gre.o scsi_mod.o
ebt_ip.o ip_nat_pptp.o sd_mod.o
ebt_mark.o ip_nat_proto_gre.o serial
ebt_mark_m.o ip_wccp.o switch-adm.o
ebt_redirect.o ipip.o switch-core.o
ebt_snat.o ipt_CONNMARK.o switch-robo.o
ebtable_filter.o ipt_IMQ.o usb-ohci.o
ebtable_nat.o ipt_ipp2p.o usb-storage.o
ebtables.o ipt_layer7.o usb-uhci.o
ehci-hcd.o ipt_mac.o usbcore.o
etherip.o ipt_mark.o vfat.o
ext2.o ipt_webstr.o
ext3.o ipv6.o
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:28    Post subject: Reply with quote
There is no dd-wrt support for ntfs in kernel 2.4 builds which is the only type of build you can use on the 600.

fat-16
fat-32
ext2
ext3

are the supported file systems for external usb disks or flash sticks.

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wizardknight
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 18:32    Post subject: Reply with quote
LOM wrote:
There is no dd-wrt support for ntfs in kernel 2.4 builds which is the only type of build you can use on the 600.

fat-16
fat-32
ext2
ext3

are the supported file systems for external usb disks or flash sticks.


What about this thread?
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=63838
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 22:03    Post subject: Reply with quote
wizardknight wrote:

What about this thread?
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=63838

Then you must follow the directions on that thread. However, it will *still* require the downloading and inserting of the ntfs modules into the kernel to be able to mount ntfs.

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:28    Post subject: Reply with quote
crashfly wrote:
wizardknight wrote:

What about this thread?
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=63838

Then you must follow the directions on that thread. However, it will *still* require the downloading and inserting of the ntfs modules into the kernel to be able to mount ntfs.


Thank you captain obvious. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 17:06    Post subject: Reply with quote
wizardknight wrote:
Thank you captain obvious. Rolling Eyes

If it was *that* obvious, then why ask about another thread?

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WRT54G v2 16214 BS K24 [access point]

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