Morgur Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 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:/# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kleo Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Rootfs on External Storage https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/extroot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberEagle Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 any idea how to do this ? same problem i added 64GB USB into my tetra and i cant do the install ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberEagle Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 i need help please anyone ? cant format the USB and use it in my TETRA version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olaf Mufjay Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Hello friends, today I dug up my good old Pineapple. My idea was to use it as a home server and equip it with a 500GB hard drive from my old laptop. I have read this form amount and thought I can help you with my approach so that you can easily install your 64 GB USB stick. 1. Choose SSH in your annanas and find your partitons of USB it's easy to use: "fdisk -l" The result should look like this: /dev/sda1 2. Format the USB stick use: "mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1" Copy Filesystem UUID look like this: 381203b8-21fe-43e4-8d99-285a689eb3b2 3. I have created a new folder in the home environment for better orientation. "cd .. && mkdir external_disk" 4. Now you just have to mount the USB stick like I did with my hard drive. "mount /dev/sda1 /external_disk/" Your USB stick is now ready for use but you have to mount it every time you start the pineapple 😞 5. Automount the USB stick "cd /etc/config/" "nano fstab" Now I have extended the file with the following ... config 'mount' option target '/external_disk' option uuid '381203b8-21fe-43e4-8d99-285a689eb3b2' (what you have copied in step 2) option enabled '1' I hope I could help you with my first post. Maybe you can see yourself in another post. Do you still have some ideas what you could do with the USB interface of the pineapple? I hope it's understandable with Google Translate and you know what I mean. My English is not the best but I try to learn :-) Greetings from Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelkrogstad Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 On 2/5/2019 at 11:46 AM, Olaf Mufjay said: Hello friends, today I dug up my good old Pineapple. My idea was to use it as a home server and equip it with a 500GB hard drive from my old laptop. I have read this form amount and thought I can help you with my approach so that you can easily install your 64 GB USB stick. 1. Choose SSH in your annanas and find your partitons of USB it's easy to use: "fdisk -l" The result should look like this: /dev/sda1 2. Format the USB stick use: "mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1" Copy Filesystem UUID look like this: 381203b8-21fe-43e4-8d99-285a689eb3b2 3. I have created a new folder in the home environment for better orientation. "cd .. && mkdir external_disk" 4. Now you just have to mount the USB stick like I did with my hard drive. "mount /dev/sda1 /external_disk/" Your USB stick is now ready for use but you have to mount it every time you start the pineapple 😞 5. Automount the USB stick "cd /etc/config/" "nano fstab" Now I have extended the file with the following ... config 'mount' option target '/external_disk' option uuid '381203b8-21fe-43e4-8d99-285a689eb3b2' (what you have copied in step 2) option enabled '1' I hope I could help you with my first post. Maybe you can see yourself in another post. Do you still have some ideas what you could do with the USB interface of the pineapple? I hope it's understandable with Google Translate and you know what I mean. My English is not the best but I try to learn 🙂 Greetings from Germany So, I did this and it is recognized, however, I don't get prompted to select the space. Is there some other place to configure where they are stored? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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