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| 8. Update the fstab config file to mount all drives at startup. ++More...|**/dev/sda** is mount[0], **/dev/sdb** is mount[1], etc. If you have more than one USB device attached, substitute the proper index (0 or 1 or ...) as needed. This command mounts all drives - named or anonymous.++ | 8. Update the fstab config file to mount all drives at startup. ++More...|**/dev/sda** is mount[0], **/dev/sdb** is mount[1], etc. If you have more than one USB device attached, substitute the proper index (0 or 1 or ...) as needed. This command mounts all drives - named or anonymous.++ |
| <code> uci set fstab.@mount[0].enabled='1' && uci set fstab.@global[0].anon_mount='1' && uci commit</code> | <code>uci set fstab.@mount[0].enabled='1' && uci set fstab.@global[0].anon_mount='1' && uci commit fstab</code> |
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| 9. Mount the device (now) and enable the fstab service so the device will be mounted after a reboot. | 9. Mount the device. ++More...|Automount is enabled on boot.++ |
| <code>/sbin/block mount && service fstab enable</code> | <code>/etc/init.d/fstab boot</code> |
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| 10. **You're done!** This procedure has mounted the drive at **/mnt/sdXX** (whatever the device name was.) The drive is ready to save data at that part of the filesystem. | 10. **You're done!** This procedure has mounted the drive at **/mnt/sdXX** (whatever the device name was.) The drive is ready to save data at that part of the filesystem. |
| * Look at the [[docs/guide-user/storage/fstab|fstab documentation]] to configure from the command line | * Look at the [[docs/guide-user/storage/fstab|fstab documentation]] to configure from the command line |
| * This Forum article also has a lot of background information: [[https://forum.openwrt.org/t/more-on-usb-drive-installation/30695/2]] | * This Forum article also has a lot of background information: [[https://forum.openwrt.org/t/more-on-usb-drive-installation/30695/2]] |
| * If you just want to temporarily mount the drive (say, for testing), you can simply enter: '' mkfs /tmp/MyDrive; mount /dev/sda1 /tmp/MyDrive'' Note that, as of OpenWRT v18, the Ext4 file system will be autodetected. After finishing the test reading/writing the drive: '' umount /tmp/MyDrive'' | * If you just want to temporarily mount the drive (say, for testing), you can simply enter: '' mkdir /tmp/MyDrive; mount /dev/sda1 /tmp/MyDrive'' Note that, as of OpenWRT v18, the Ext4 file system will be autodetected. After finishing the test reading/writing the drive: '' umount /tmp/MyDrive'' |
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