Mount: mounting /dev/mtdblock5 on /mnt failed: Invalid argument

[elvovsky]

I am trying to set up usb drive following instructions. I saw the existing post that has a similar error. I checked and kmod-fs-ext4` is installed. So I can't continue to the next step. Any help would be appreciated !
This is from dmesg.

[942895.735476] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[942895.745154] scsi host0: usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[942896.783230] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access              Patriot Memory   PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
[942896.803360] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 30283008 512-byte logical blocks: (15.5 GB/14.4 GiB)
[942896.812094] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[942896.817222] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 2b 00 00 08
[942896.818855] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[942897.074544]  sda: sda1
[942897.086954] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
[943057.867267] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts:
[947904.018486] do_page_fault(): sending SIGSEGV to modprobe for invalid read access from 77ea08d8
[947904.027450] epc = 00401939 in kmodloader[400000+3000]
[947904.032798] ra  = 00401d93 in kmodloader[400000+3000]
[947907.379027] kmodloader: loading kernel modules from /etc/modules.d/*
[947907.393263] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
[947907.406819] kmodloader: done loading kernel modules from /etc/modules.d/*

[slh]

I don't understand how /dev/mtdblock5 gets in there, but that wouldn't be your USB stick, but an internal partition on your flash (something not really in scope for blockd).

[elvovsky]

mtdblock is the internal partition. The usb stick is sda1.
I am just trying to follow instructions posted on the site. Step 4 the line

mount ${DEVICE} /mnt

https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/additional-software/extroot_configuration

[vgaetera]

You should repeat step 3 and then proceed to step 4 without rebooting in between.

[elvovsky]

I did not reboot after step 3, but thanks ! I will certainly give it a try