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pdelges
Aug 28, 2013Guide
How to format an external USB drive from OS 6.1.1 ??
I feel a bit stupid, but I couldn't find a way to format an external USB drive with my 312 under OS 6.1.1. The drive is mounted, it is even possible to access its content (it's an EXT3 drive generall...
mdgm-ntgr
Jan 14, 2014NETGEAR Employee Retired
EXT3 is a fine format to use. It is possible to format using SSH. One would hope formatting an external USB drive will be added to the GUI in a future release.
What format do you want? NTFS/EXT3/EXT4/BTRFS/exFAT/something else ?
What format do you want? NTFS/EXT3/EXT4/BTRFS/exFAT/something else ?
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