Many useful LEDE utilities and packages rely on external storage to hold data files. This guide describes how to add a single USB stick or drive to your LEDE device.

Requirements:

• Your LEDE device must have at least 8 MB Flash. Lower capacity devices will not be able to hold the required packages.
• This procedure will work for the first USB device installed in the router. To add more drives, see the full USB Drive tutorial.
• This procedure WILL ERASE THE USB DRIVE. Copy any data you care about to another destination.
• This quickstart requires you to ssh into the router.

Procedure:

1. Connect the USB stick/disk to the router.
2. SSH into the router.
3. Enter the following commands by copying and pasting each separate line below.

# Copy/paste each line below, then press Return
opkg update && opkg install block-mount e2fsprogs kmod-fs-ext4 kmod-usb3 kmod-usb2 kmod-usb-storage
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
block detect > /etc/config/fstab 
uci set fstab.@mount[0].enabled='1' && uci set fstab.@global[0].check_fs='1' && uci commit 
/sbin/block mount && service fstab enable

The drive will be mounted at /mnt/sda1 You can change the mount point in the web interface, in System → Mount Points.

If you want more information about this procedure, or you want to add or configure more than a single USB drive, see the full USB Drive tutorial .