Can you enable NTFS formatted USB drives for use?

[amitsax]

nvram-save-restore-utility/nsrum

Line 136 in f647a5d

for mounted in $(/bin/mount | grep -E "ext2|ext3|ext4|tfat|exfat" | awk '{printf "%s - (%s)\n", $3, $1}'); do

just seem to need this filter to be added to it -

|tntfs

[yanother1]

I can confirm that an NTFS formatted USB drive did not work for an RT-AC86U. When I tried Option 1 to Install NVRAM S/R Utility Menu I received "No Compatible ext* USB Partitions Found - Exiting!".

I reformatted to FAT32 and was successful.

FWIW - When I originally put the USB drive into the router it was unmounted (checked by clicking on the USB icon on the top right of the router's browser interface). I had to do a reboot to have it mounted.

[krader1961]

@amitsax, Why would you expect a Linux based router to support writing to an NTFS formatted drive? It's far easier to simply format your USB drive to use one of the supported formats. Since the amount of storage required is so small you can simply use one of the FAT formats if you required MS Windows compatibility. I'm shaking my head in disbelief at your request.

[amitsax]

@amitsax, Why would you expect a Linux based router to support writing to an NTFS formatted drive? .... I'm shaking my head in disbelief at your request.
The router for which this utility is designed seems to work with NTFS. My suggested change works for me.. been working for last yr+.
I don't mind utility maintainers rejecting the request. Not sure what caused your disbelief at request, not everyone lives in exclusive *nix environment.