USB invalid partiton

[Myrddin33]

I'm trying to install ENT-WARE on my router. It's an AC2900 running Merlin 382.1_2.
I'm following the instructions on the wiki https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin/wiki/Entware

The problem is, when I insert the USB drive the Asus says "Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):"
In fact, it says that for all partitions. I tried to format the USB drive with the disk manager in the UI. The disk was formatted but it is still listed as invalid partition.

When I run entware-setup.sh it says it can't find any ext2/3 partitions.
How do I prepare the USB disk so ENT-WARE can be installed?

Thanks

 

[nomore4u]

I'm trying to install ENT-WARE on my router. It's an AC2900 running Merlin 382.1_2.
I'm following the instructions on the wiki https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin/wiki/Entware

The problem is, when I insert the USB drive the Asus says "Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):"
In fact, it says that for all partitions. I tried to format the USB drive with the disk manager in the UI. The disk was formatted but it is still listed as invalid partition.

When I run entware-setup.sh it says it can't find any ext2/3 partitions.
How do I prepare the USB disk so ENT-WARE can be installed?

Thanks

I had a similar issue with 3 different USB drives. I bought a new one and the partition was recognized correctly with the command "fdisk -l".

I recommend trying a different (newer) USB.

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[Myrddin33]

I've tried several USB drives. I did find one that formats ok but the script still says it can't find a valid drive.

 

[Quoc Huynh]

I think the problem maybe due to the built-in format utility of the router does not support ext2 partition. Therefore, I suggest you should try other partition managers which have ext2 partition support, such as MiniTool or EasyUs. I am using MiniTool and it has been working fine for me.

http://www.techovity.com/how-to-create-ext2ext3-linux-partition-from-windows/

https://www.howtogeek.com/112888/3-ways-to-access-your-linux-partitions-from-windows/

 

[Myrddin33]

Thanks Quoc! I used MiniTool and that did the trick.
I've still got some reading to do. Ent isn't showing up in the UI but I think it's because I still have to add it to the start up script.

 

[thelonelycoder]

Thanks Quoc! I used MiniTool and that did the trick.
I've still got some reading to do. Ent isn't showing up in the UI but I think it's because I still have to add it to the start up script.

Entware itself does not have a menu or any indication of it's presence in the router Web UI.
To check if Entware is installed and running, run this in the terminal:

opkg --help

This should show the man page.

 

[Myrddin33]

I got it installed and I installed Transmition. The install went fine but now my router is running out of memory. I had QOS enabled so hopefully turning it off will fix the problem.
ENT and Trans are nice features if I can get Trans to work.

 

[Quoc Huynh]

Thanks Quoc! I used MiniTool and that did the trick.
I've still got some reading to do. Ent isn't showing up in the UI but I think it's because I still have to add it to the start up script.

You are welcome Actually, I am not familiar with Ent, so good luck with your reading and practice

 

[Myrddin33]

Just to update my results and close out the thread. I never got Transmission working on the Asus. I did get it installed but it seemed like the firewall was blocking ports. It couldn't connect to any peers.

Ironically, the reason I was trying to set this up is because the Asus was blocking Transmission on my QNAP SAN. I tried everything to get the ports open but nothing worked. Then I installed Transmission on the Asus and all of a sudden my QNAP could connect to peers. Since this is working, I uninstalled Transmission from the Asus and abandoned the project.

Thanks to everyone for your help and comments!