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External USB Drive, write protected in EXT4 ???
Ok, so after having issues trying to use external USB disk to backup my ReadyNAS, i did some tests... If I format the disk as NTFS, it works OK read/write. It appears that if i format the disk as EXT4, i can't write on it, and can't change permissions. Then i tried to format it as EXT3, and after half an hour it still didn't finished formatting. When i tried to eject the disk the ReadyNAS crashed. After reboot, the disk disk was not even seen when i plugged/unplugged it... Ok, so i plug it on my Mac and format it as HFS+ then it is seen again on the readyNAS. So, as HFS+, the disk is seen OK as read/write... Then tried again to format as EXT3 and it took again ages to format... (so long that i didn't wait the end) So, i will end using NTFS, even if it's a shame to use such format on a "linux" box...3.7KViews0likes3Comments
file hierarchy
I currently use the RN104 as a media server in my home....and I couldn't be happier with it. I have an older external hard drive that when I need a file off of it, I have to get it from the closet, plug it in, and then plug the usb cable into my computer.....so I was wanting to just remove it from its external housing and just put it in my RN104 since I still have a free bay. My question is, is there any kind of app for the RN104 that would basically give me the same file hierarchy as windows has? So that I can just navigate and view the files on it like I do now? (Open the drive>open the folder "Taxes">copy the pdf onto my computer) I didn't know if the readynas would automatically format the drive like it did with my first hard drive and try to just link the two drives together giving me nothing more than the "Videos" folder "Music" folder, etc. I hope this was explained well enough for someone out there to understand what I'm looking for. If I have to I guess I can just plug the external drive into the back of the nas?!?! but I was really hoping to just install it into the nas and forget this big bulky external case and cables.Solved