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| ====== Quick Start for Adding a USB drive ====== | ====== Quick Start for Adding a USB drive ====== | ||
| - | Many useful OpenWrt utilities and packages rely on external storage to hold data files. | + | **The Goal: |
| - | This guide describes how to add a single USB stick or drive to your OpenWrt device. | + | |
| - | **Note:** If you have a memory limited router (say with 4MBytes Flash internal storage), and want to be able to install more packages, you should instead read the [[docs: | + | This is all you'll need for most purposes, however, there are plenty of options described below. |
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| - | **Note:** For NTFS disks, refer to [[docs: | + | |
| + | /* Moved NOTES down to the bottom... */ | ||
| ===== Requirements ===== | ===== Requirements ===== | ||
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| * Your device/ | * Your device/ | ||
| * You can add a USB drive of any capacity. | * You can add a USB drive of any capacity. | ||
| - | * This procedure **WILL ERASE THE USB DRIVE**. Copy any data you care about to another destination. | + | * This procedure **WILL ERASE THE USB DRIVE** |
| * This quickstart requires you to [[docs: | * This quickstart requires you to [[docs: | ||
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| ===== Procedure ===== | ===== Procedure ===== | ||
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| + | /* Thanks for contributing the " | ||
| + | /* I moved it down to preserve this as a no-options, "Just Do This" guide. */ | ||
| + | /* -richb-hanover */ | ||
| 6. Make an ext4 filesystem on the USB device using the device name you just discovered. **Note:** Be certain you enter the proper device name - this step will completely erase the device. ++More...|This command creates an ext4 file system on the first partition of the first USB device - / | 6. Make an ext4 filesystem on the USB device using the device name you just discovered. **Note:** Be certain you enter the proper device name - this step will completely erase the device. ++More...|This command creates an ext4 file system on the first partition of the first USB device - / | ||
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| 8. Update the fstab config file to mount all drives at startup. ++More...|**/ | 8. Update the fstab config file to mount all drives at startup. ++More...|**/ | ||
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| - | 9. Mount the device | + | 9. Mount the device. |
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| - | 10. **You' | + | 10. **You' |
| ===== More Details ===== | ===== More Details ===== | ||
| - | If you want more information about this procedure: | + | More information about this procedure |
| * You can change the mount point in the web interface, in **System** -> **Mount Points** menu. | * You can change the mount point in the web interface, in **System** -> **Mount Points** menu. | ||
| - | * See the [[docs: | + | * The [[docs: |
| - | * Check the Forum article | + | * If you have a memory limited router (say with 4MBytes Flash internal storage), and want to be able to install more packages, you should instead read the [[docs: |
| - | * Look at the [[docs/guide-user/storage/fstab|fstab documentation]] to configure from the command line. | + | * For NTFS disks, refer to [[docs: |
| + | * Look at the [[docs/ | ||
| + | * This Forum article | ||
| + | * If you just want to temporarily mount the drive (say, for testing), you can simply enter: '' | ||