I installed latest firmware on flint2, I'm trying to setup an ssd for network storage (samba) .
I can't get mount points to see the drive, I have tried the SSD and a flash drive format to NTFS. I can see in the logs it sees the usb plugged in and have confirmed the usb port has power.
Hoping to do this through the gui, I have set this up on a netgear in the past.
Any help would be appreciated.
NTFS isn't a good FS on Linux.
You'll need NTFS support package(s) too, if you don't want to swap the FS.
Is that keeping it from being mounted?
I did install packages for NTFS support
Should I use fat32 instead, the SSD is 1tb.
Format it on the router, ext4 or similar, unless you want to pull it from time to time, and use on a Win box.
OK let me tinker with it today.
It has files on it from before but I can backup.
NTFS works great on Linux, it's just an extra step over a native fs. Just make sure you install the correct filesystem kmod-fs-ntfs3 and mount it. There are some other guides here. NTFS guide:
And if you're doing file sharing you can also use ksmbd:
added the packages from the guide , it found drive first try 
thanks
Got samba working ,but I cant access the drive from desktop after rebooting the router. I have to restart the service via system>startup then I can access it .