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Using this package to create a bootable usb stick for openwrt.
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The status of this package is currently 'it works for me', and it will
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require more effort before it's generic across the board. Currently
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only tested to be working on x86-2.6 using an initramfs image.
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My development environment for this is a via epia with a
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serial console (no monitors or keyboards attached).
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To create the images that are bootable, configure your buildroot to include
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the lilo package in the image, as well as e2fsprogs. Have it create an
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ext2 file system as the target file system. Let it build the works.
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When the build is finished, you will need to run the script 'mkbootable'
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located in the lilo package directory, it requires root privileges to
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loop mount the fs for installing lilo. When it's done, you have an
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8 meg ext2fs root file system ready to run.
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To use the image, dd it directly onto a usb stick. It should go onto
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/dev/sda not /dev/sda1, it's assuming the stick is not partitioned.
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When you boot the stick, you will get a lilo menu on the serial terminal.
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The three options allow you to boot with the stick itself as the root file
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system, or, to boot into a ramdisk, and not mount the stick at all. The
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stick will likely show up at /dev/disc
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Boot the unit, and select the ramdisk. Once up in the ramdisk, you can
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use the e2fstools to expand the image to fill the stick and add a journal
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to use it as ext3.
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e2fsck -f /dev/disc
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tune2fs -j /dev/disc
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resize2fs /dev/disc
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Reboot the box, and, have fun with openwrt on your x86 using the usb
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stick to boot and run from.
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