Best format parameters for NTFS in AC68-U

[Marko Polo]

I attached to AC68-U my thumb drive, which have been previously formatted to NTFS by means of Windows, and I get following error while plugging the drive

Jul 2 19:54:24 hotplug[1479]: USB /dev/sda1(ntfs) failed to mount at the first try!
Jul 2 19:54:24 usb: USB /dev/sda1(ntfs) failed to mount At the first try!
Jul 2 19:54:24 kernel: tntfs info (device sda1, pid 1533): ntfs_fill_super(): fail_safe is enabled
Jul 2 19:54:24 kernel: tntfs info (device sda1, pid 1533): load_system_files(): NTFS volume name 'SYSTEM', version 3.1 (cluster_size 4096, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE 4096).
Jul 2 19:54:24 syslog: USB ntfs fs at /dev/sda1 mounted on /tmp/mnt/SYSTEM
Jul 2 19:54:24 usb: USB ntfs fs at /dev/sda1 mounted on /tmp/mnt/SYSTEM.

Anyway, after that messages NTFS partition is mounted. I don't know if these errors are really serious but I decided to reformat the drive with the onboard mkntfs util. It has a plenty of parameters, hence is my question: is there any best-practice setup for NTFS formatter for Merlin? cluster_size? PAGE_CACHE_SIZE? any other?
I know that Merlin uses Paragon NTFS driver (or Tuxero?), so it might like some special settings, different from MS NTFS. No?

 

[RMerlin]

Nothing unusual in those log entries.

Don't mess with cluster size and such, stick to default parameters. Formatting the disk from a Windows PC will be fine.

 

[Marko Polo]

Don't mess with cluster size and such, stick to default parameters. Formatting the disk from a Windows PC will be fine.

So this is rather usual, when the disk is not mounted at first try?

 

[RMerlin]

Could be timing issues at boot time. Asuswrt's USB support ain't as robust as a real NAS.

 

[ColinTaylor]

So this is rather usual, when the disk is not mounted at first try?

Yes. In fact I can't remember the last time I didn't see that message (for NTFS) in the various logs posted on this forum.