RT-AC68U External Drive Format?

[LexLuthor]

Just got a 2TB external drive. I'll mostly have it connected to my AC-RT68U running Merlin's latest f/w. It'll mostly be used for movie files.

Should I format it as NTFS of exFAT? Is it a clear cut choice or is there a lot of debate on the subject?

 

[tallytr]

Just got a 2TB external drive. I'll mostly have it connected to my AC-RT68U running Merlin's latest f/w. It'll mostly be used for movie files.

Should I format it as NTFS of exFAT? Is it a clear cut choice or is there a lot of debate on the subject?

http://event.asus.com/2009/networks/disksupport/

 

[LexLuthor]

http://event.asus.com/2009/networks/disksupport/

So then Asus doesn't support exfat at all?

I guess easy decision then.

 

[Mike808]

No exFAT support due to Microsoft licensing burden.
Asus firmware options on the AC-68R are FAT32, NTFS, or HFS.

You can manually SSH into the router and format the mounted drive using ext2.
If you want to mount it on a Windows machine, you'll have to get an ext2 driver for Windows.