Help mounting ext3 hard drive

[F24310]

I'm trying to mount an ext3 formatted hard drive via OTG. Tried many different apps that are supposed to support ext3, but none of them work. Phone is rooted so that's not the problem.

I managed to mount the drive manually using Terminal and busybox mount command. I can now read and write to the drive using Terminal via the mount point /storage/UsbDriveA.

The problem is that, although I can access it from Terminal, it does not show up in file explorer "My Files", and is not visible from other apps. I tried using ES File Explorer, and although ES can see the mount point UsbDriveA, it shows up empty.

Also, in Settings->Storage, the drive appears not to be mounted.

How can I get the files to show up outside of Terminal?

 

[Rukbat]

In terminal, are you mounting it AS an ext3 drive, or just a default mount?

 

[F24310]

In terminal, are you mounting it AS an ext3 drive, or just a default mount?

It's a good question. I did a default mount. If I try to mount it with "-t ext3", I get an error "Operation not supported on transport endpoint".

However, I have also tried mounting both ext2 and ext4 partitions, and they complete OK (when mounting with "-t ext2/4"). But in those cases, I still have the same problem that the files don't show up in file explorer, and I can't reach them from apps other than Terminal.

 

[mikedt]

Maybe it's the file explorer app, it doesn't read Linux EXT partitions. Does it work with FAT/FAT32 formatted HDDs?

 

[F24310]

Yes. With FAT32, the partition mounts automatically and can see it in file explorer.