Make the internal nvme drive useable?

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hi, newbie here.
I'm just learning OpenWrt basics, I have very basic linux background, so please be patient. I inserted new nvme m.2 drive to the box and would like it to be used as a NAS, nfs storage later. So, how do I achieve the first part for now.
Model: OpenWrt One
Architecture ARMv8 Processor rev 4
Firmware OpenWrt 24.10.0-rc5

In the /dev I can see the nvme0 and nvme0n1 (what that represents?)
also,
root@OpenWrt:/dev# lspci
00:00.0 PCI bridge: MEDIATEK Corp. Device 1f32 (rev 01)
01:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp PC SN740 NVMe SSD (DRAM-less) (rev 01)
I suppose I need to format it first so how do I do that?
Thank you.

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https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/storage/start/

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If not already done, you need i install kmod-nvme and a bunch of other utilities to make use of the drive.

See also the Wiki:

https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/storage/usb-drives

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Thanks for that.
Should I be worried?

Collected errors:
 * pkg_hash_check_unresolved: cannot find dependency libuci20130104 for block-mount
 * pkg_hash_fetch_best_installation_candidate: Packages for block-mount found, but incompatible with the architectures configured
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package block-mount.
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package kmod-fs-ext.
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Yes, I got that one already, thank you.

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kmod-fs-ext and block-mount out of the question for now. Looks like I'm stuck.
Bit dissapointing taking into account that I use OpenWrt hardware.

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Did you run opkg update beforehand?

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I used
opkg update && opkg install block-mount e2fsprogs kmod-usb-storage-uas kmod-usb3 kmod-fs-ext4

so I assume yes.

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See OpenWrt 24.10.0-rc5 - Fifth release candidate - #174 by Vitaliy86 and https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/17660

Could be due to RC6 being built right now. Sorry that you ran into this, but this sometimes happens with new devices / new releases. Please wait for the availability of RC6, upgrade and you should be good to go then.

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Hi,
I understand, don't feel bad !
I just have some time to play with that stuff now.
I will try again when RC6 is out. Have a nice day.

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I'm getting now error 400 while trying upgrade to RC6 using owut. Who said life is easy?
Anyway, another issue with OpenWrt One.
Thanks.

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Ok, the update to rc6 and then the instalation of the all requred packages went smooth this time :ghost:
I will continue with the ssd instalation and close this topic when completed.
Thanks for the support so far.

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