Are you installing using fraters optware scripts or are you just installing packages, either way I would think you would be getting output.
I do all the mounting manually, I just stream movies with ushare so I really don't need any automated stuff. But you can save a startup script from the webif (use a "sleep 10" at the start of the script), not sure about a shutdown script.
Well, I finally got Optware installed (with Frater's script). I had to disable Twonky because it's just too much for this router to handle (it gradually uses more and more CPU while causing a lot of disk thrashing until the router just stops responding).
I ended up using an old laptop hard drive in an external enclosure and found a powered hub that works with this setup (required because enclosure is the type that takes power from two USB ports rather than having its own power supply). I also "downgraded" the version I'm booting to on the drive to be the mini-usb-ftp build.
Samba is working, but the throughput is very low (about 400KB/s) which isn't enough to work as a video file share as I wanted. It may work better with smaller files. The router is supposed to support USB 2.0, but I'm wondering whether it's the USB interface or the processor that's the bottleneck. The USB port was designed to be used for a printer, not NAS so it might not support higher speed transfers.
After configuring the dd-wrt mega on my usb flashdrive, I have used debootstrap on my laptop to get debian mips rootfs. After uploading to the usb key, I tried to chroot...
BusyBox v1.13.1 (2008-12-17 10:12:57 CET) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
root@DD-WRT:~# cd /perso
root@DD-WRT:/perso# ls
bin etc proc selinux var
boot home root sys
debootstrap lib rootfs.tar.gz tmp
dev mnt sbin usr
root@DD-WRT:/perso# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 1.1M 1.1M 0 100% /mnt
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1
3.7G 228.9M 3.3G 6% /
root@DD-WRT:/perso# chroot .
FATAL: kernel too old
root@DD-WRT:/perso#
I will try to flash and boot custom 2.6 kernel and to boot directly on my usb key...
As recommend by this article: 10kR and 0.01uf should be placed on r73 and c134 for usb2.0 to function properly.
Do you have some pictures, I can't get a handle on that thread you posted. All Chinese to English web translation sucks and I can't get a full accurate text. _________________ Eko Builds
Thanks for the information, I don't have an Asus but for those that do this is good stuff.
I wonder if this is why my USR5461 can't achieve USB 2.0 speeds or even allow the ehci-hcd module to load. I'm stuck with ohci. _________________ Eko Builds
Hello all, this is my first post here. I bought a Asus WL-520GC and did the USB mod. I loaded dd-wrt located here hxxp://www.3iii.dk/linux/ddwrt-micro-usb.htm
I have a 500gb drive plugged into the usb port I added the files (mega rootfs) in ext2 to boot and going to use it as a NAS. And added a fat32 partition for the nas. It boots up fine on the usb.
My question..... What settings do I use for the USB menu in the router???
The router is a WL-520 GC.
So under NAS should I keep ProFTPD disabled?
And in USB enable Core USB support??
If you're using the method from the beginning of this thread to boot from a USB drive, then the init script enables USB support, so keep Core USB support disabled in the web UI.
I don't know if ProFTPD will work with this or not since I've never used it.
Yes I am using the usb drive to boot. Kind of new at the nas thing. Not sure how to access my fat32 drive from the network. I have a 500gb drive with ext2 to boot and fat32 for storage. Thanks
