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I’d like to install modules to a USB flash drive and am using the Tetra, v1.1.2, how do I get the Modules -> Manage Modules page to show up with an ‘Install to USB Storage’ button? If that’s not supported in the GUI then how can I attached USB storage and use it for modules beyond just for the swap space? I noticed a bug report asking for the removal of the install to internal storage button altogether but since there is a USB port which can be used with a flash drive or USB w/microSD card on the Tetra, the functionality should be supported just the same as it is on the Nano. bug ref: https://www.wifipineapple.com/bugs/438 In my case I’m plugging a USB flash drive directly into the USB port on the back. So far I’ve tried two different flash drives, a 32GB Samsung USB 3.0 MUF-32BB/AM and a 4GB USB 2.0 Generic. Configured an ext4 partition for the usb folder and a linux-swap partition. They show up fine, no problems or errors formatting or mounting. However there’s still no option showing up in the GUI to install to USB storage. I’ve crawled through the forums and tried various suggestions with no luck so appreciate any guidance, what am I missing and is there a workaround? —— ADVANCED / GUI menu Firmware Upgrade (Current version: 1.1.2) USB Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:6387 Alcor Micro Corp. Flash Drive Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub config 'global' option anon_swap ‘1’ option anon_mount ‘1’ option auto_swap '1' option auto_mount '1' option delay_root '5' option check_fs '0' config 'mount' option target '/usb' option device '/dev/sda1' option fstype 'ext4' option options 'rw,sync' option enabled '1' config 'swap' option device '/dev/sda2' option enabled '1' Resources Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on rootfs 1.8G 27.9M 1.8G 2% / /dev/root 12.5M 12.5M 0 100% /rom tmpfs 61.5M 492.0K 61.0M 1% /tmp /dev/ubi0_1 1.8G 27.9M 1.8G 2% /overlay overlayfs:/overlay 1.8G 27.9M 1.8G 2% / tmpfs 512.0K 0 512.0K 0% /dev /dev/sda1 979.4M 1.9M 910.2M 0% /usb total used free shared buffers Mem: 125868 68864 57004 524 9708 -/+ buffers: 59156 66712 Swap: 1052252 0 1052252 ----------- CLI root@Pineapple:/tmp# lsusb Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:6387 Alcor Micro Corp. Flash Drive Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub root@Pineapple:/tmp# fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 4089 MB, 4089446400 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 497 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 131 1052226 83 Linux /dev/sda2 132 262 1052257+ 82 Linux swap root@Pineapple:/tmp# df -hT Filesystem Type Size Used Available Use% Mounted on rootfs rootfs 1.8G 27.9M 1.8G 2% / /dev/root squashfs 12.5M 12.5M 0 100% /rom tmpfs tmpfs 61.5M 492.0K 61.0M 1% /tmp /dev/ubi0_1 ubifs 1.8G 27.9M 1.8G 2% /overlay overlayfs:/overlay overlay 1.8G 27.9M 1.8G 2% / tmpfs tmpfs 512.0K 0 512.0K 0% /dev /dev/sda1 ext4 979.4M 1.7M 910.3M 0% /usb root@Pineapple:/tmp# cat /etc/opkg.conf dest root / dest ram /tmp lists_dir ext /var/opkg-lists option overlay_root /overlay dest usb /usb root@Pineapple:/# dmesg | grep sda [ 20.490000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 7987200 512-byte logical blocks: (4.08 GB/3.80 GiB) [ 20.490000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off [ 20.500000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00 [ 20.500000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 20.520000] sda: sda1 sda2 [ 20.520000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk [ 29.430000] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: [ 29.570000] Adding 1052252k swap on /dev/sda2. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1052252k root@Pineapple:/#

/Didn't search I read in the SSL strip2+HTS thread about how using a thumb Drive helps mitigate their issues associated with the SD slot/kernal issues (?). If that's applicable, thoughts on using a thumb drive to mitigate all the SD card issues people seem to have?