Buffalo WBMR - NTFS file system

Yesterday I compiled a new build with ntfs-3g 2012.1.15 (openwrt still uses 2011.04 and now it's broken) and this is the situation:  it works!

• slow speed if you copy a file from pc to usb device via lan (about 737KB/s)
• if you boot the router with an usb device attached it will be mount automatically as /dev/sda1 - so no problem
• sometimes when you disconnect the usb device and reconnect it, the router will mount it as /dev/sdb1 in fact if you check the processes you will see ntfs-3g still running with /dev/sda1 configuration
• sometimes you don't have to create a mount point for fstab, just connecting the usb device will create it - so check always the System Log and the mount points from LUCI
• sometimes you have to reboot the router to restore the /dev/sda1
• when you share an usb device via samba, changing the shared folder name let you see the contents

After this experiment I don't think it is a good idea to use ntfs-3g. If your really need ntfs and you connect an usb device without disconnect it often, I can compile for you one.

I just find out that you just need to unmount the folder BEFORE disconnecting the usb device.

from SSH:

umount /path/*/ 

I scripted the button near the usb to do the umount and it works great! yay!

From the next build I will add ntfs support ;)