[Help] 2TB External HDD blank but ext4 works

[kaku]

I already posted this in jun loader forum but, thought it should be a separate thread. I am on DSM6 update 9 on Baremetal PC.

 

A 2TB NTFS formatted external HDD (Seagate BUP slim) when connected shows as blank in file Explorer. I can create folders in it, but none will be "visible" in the usbshare. You can confirm if the HDD is read by creating a new folder which already exist and DSM will not create the folder with existing folder name.

 

But they DO get created and shown properly in DSM if I format the HDD as ext4. Why is this so? Cant seem to find an explanation. Can anybody help?

 

I do need it to be formatted as NTFS so that I can use it in windows also.

[chege]

Its because in DSM6 there is no ntfs-3g driver installed. Im not sure if this gonna to work but you can try to mount this USB drive with this command from CLI(* is drive number):

 

mount -o rw,mount,rw -t ntfs /dev/sdc* /mnt/ntfs/

[kaku]

But synology help articles say that NTFS does work. https://www.synology.com/en-uk/knowledg ... devicelist

 

Also its NOT the case that the external ntfs drive is NOT mounted. Its just the it shows blank eventhough IT knows its not empty.

 

 

Running the Cmd mentioned above gives

"filesystem type 'ntfs'"

[naasking]

Indeed it seems like ntfs is not supported at all.

mount -t ntfs

always fails with an unknown filesystem error. I actually tried this on actual Synology hardware too, a DS413j running DSM 6.1, and same problem, so it's not an xpenology problem. It have something to do with GPT partitions, but the other partitions mount fine so I don't know...

[IG-88]

hi.

 

4tb seagate expansion usb disk, mbr (not gpt) nfts

no problem with dsm 6.1 (usb3, virtualbox, usb device hand over to vm)

disk/partition is recognised, writing over network and local dsm filemanager works and created folders are intantly seen on both "views", so diiference so see how it worked with dsm 5