second NTFS USB disk how to save downloads directly via transmission

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.I have first USB drive formatted to EXT 4 ans installed Entware
2.As that one became full and I want being able to move the second USB drive 
between my PC's being able to play the movies directly as well use it as backup 
drive
3. Now I can't download directly to that drive using transmission
please advise how to make this work

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I would love to keep NTFS format and still being able to download movies and 
others directly to my second harddisk using transmission

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Windows 8

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Original issue reported on code.google.com by arendo...@gmail.com on 1 May 2014 at 1:02

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Go to the web interface. Click the "config" icon (looks like a wheel with 
checkmark). Select the "Base" tab. Change the "Default path to download 
torrents" and the "incomplete dir" to whatever you need.

Original comment by ulysses....@gmail.com on 6 May 2014 at 11:16

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I tried that but I have no clue how to refer to that disk

Should I just add / mnt/ seagate backup/transmission/ downloads?

How to browse to the folder?

Any suggestions as it did not work

Do I need run a configuration exe
As even my FTP configuration does recognize but can't add folders
' not possible'

Please advise 

Ton

Original comment by arendo...@gmail.com on 6 May 2014 at 11:41

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Login to your router via ssh (or telnet). The command

# df

will show you the mounted disks. You can also issue the "df" command from the 
routers GUI command window in the Administration menu, Console tab. If the disk 
is mounted, you will see it probably under /media/seagate or something like 
that. Then, you have to create your subdirectori(es) using the mkdir command, 
e.g.

# mkdir /media/<your ntfsdiskname>/transmission
# mkdir /media/<your ntfsdiskname>/transmission/downloads

either from the linux login shell or from the mentioned console window. After 
that, you can use those directories for transmission.

Original comment by ulysses....@gmail.com on 6 May 2014 at 2:50

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Thank you for the great support!

One more questions, after doing so I get this error
Error string: Read-only file system
(/mnt/Seagate_Backup_Plus_Drive/media/transmission/downloads/POMPEII (2014)
DVDR NTSC RETAiL DD5.1/VIDEO_ (3)  Total size: 4.37 GB Added date: 2014-05-06
18:02:46
Please advise how to solve the last item.

Thank you in advance

Ton

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Original comment by arendo...@gmail.com on 7 May 2014 at 1:05

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Now I can only guess. Either you set the checkmark to "Use incomplete dir" in 
the configuration of the web interface of transmission but did not create this 
directory, or you have another inconsistency in your directory tree, or 
transmission cannot handle the ntfs file system of your seagate (permisson 
problem). In this case, I would advise you to copy the content of your seagate 
to another disk, format your seagate to ext4 and start again. There might be 
other workarounds to handle this (special mount options for your seagate), but 
it's timeconsuming to find the reasons and advise you from remote. All these 
questions are related to linux, not to the router. If you are not familiar with 
linux, you could find someone among your colleagues who is and can help you 
quickly.

If you want to keep your disk as ntfs, you can also google for "linux ntfs 
mount options"; you might find an solution. But in this case the problem will 
return after every reboot. You will have to write a start script that 
unmounts/mounts your disk after every start of the router.

Original comment by ulysses....@gmail.com on 7 May 2014 at 6:44

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Hi,

Thanks for your honest reply.

This is what I did as I like the NTFS format.

I did reset the router to factory default and entered all my settings again.
You won't believe it everything work I can just select one of the 2 drives
and that's it.

I even have the impression that I have now more options in the firmware but
that can be wrong.

Thanks again

Ton

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Original comment by arendo...@gmail.com on 8 May 2014 at 12:49