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draghuram
Aspirant
Feb 15, 2025

RN102 - Unable to create a volume of a USB disk

Hi,   I connected a Seagate external hard drive (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BVQYYM)  to my RN102. By logging into the RN102 using ssh, I can see that the device is recognized and I can even crea...
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Sandshark
Sensei - Experienced User
Feb 15, 2025
I recommend you format it on you computer as NTFS, not on the NAS as EXT. That way, you can still read your backup drive directly on the computer if the NAS fails.
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    draghuram
    Aspirant
    Feb 15, 2025

    I can read it on my Linux machine so that is not a problem, thanks.

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