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Pixys
Guide
Jan 16, 2019

[XR500] External USB 3.0 HDD formated in ext4 does not show up in ReadyShare storage

Hello,   My external HDD (Toshiba) formated in EXT4 does not show up in ReadyShare storage. It works when it is formated in NTFS. According to the user manual p. 121, here: https://www.download...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 16, 2019

Try a different USB drive by chance? 

When connecting it, are you rebooting the router with the drive connected then checking status? 

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Pixys
Guide
Jan 16, 2019
FURRYe38 wrote:

Try a different USB drive by chance? 

When connecting it, are you rebooting the router with the drive connected then checking status? 

The HDD is correctly detected when it is formated in NTFS, Fat32 or exFat and in EXT4 it works normaly when plugged on my computer.

Exactly the same behavior with a simple USB key. So the problem is not related to the HDD.

 

I did both: reboot before and after. I also did a factory reset.