After mount usb : The opkg update command failed with code 255

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Dear all,
I am facing a new issue when trying to mount an usb to store packages.

This is what i did to :
opkg update opkg install kmod-usb-storage kmod-fs-ext4 kmod-fs-vfat block-mount

mkdir /mnt/usb mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb ls /mnt/usb

etc/config/fstab

config mount
    option target   /mnt/usb
    option device   /dev/sda1
    option fstype   ext4  # ou vfat selon votre format
    option options   rw,sync
    option enabled   1

/etc/init.d/fstab enable
/etc/init.d/fstab start

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb

mkdir -p /mnt/usb/opkg-packages
mkdir -p /mnt/usb/opkg-lists
mkdir -p /mnt/usb/overlay

cp /tmp/opkg-lists/* /mnt/usb/opkg-packages/

/etc/opkg.conf

src/gz usb_packages http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/packages/x86_64/base
dest root /
dest ram /tmp
lists_dir /var/opkg-lists
option overlay_root /overlay
option check_signature

/etc/config/fstab

config 'global'
        option  anon_swap       '0'
        option  anon_mount      '0'
        option  auto_swap       '1'
        option  auto_mount      '1'
        option  delay_root      '5'
        option  check_fs        '0'

config mount
    option target   /mnt/usb
    option device   /dev/sda1
    option fstype   vfat     # ext4  # ou vfat selon votre format
    option options   rw,sync
    option enabled   1

/etc/init.d/usb_mount

#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
START=99
STOP=10

start() {
    mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb
    opkg update
}

stop() {
    umount /mnt/usb
}

chmod +x /etc/init.d/usb_mount
/etc/init.d/usb_mount enable

Thank you in advance for your time !
Arnaud

2

Hope this wasn't an one liner.

Wouldn't it be simpler to soft link /tmp/opkg-lists to /mnt/usb/opkg-packages in rc.local, and skip all the reconfig ?

3

Hi @frollic , thank you again for your help !

No, 3 lines :slight_smile:
no idea of what is simpler.

And no idea of the actuel problem and how to solve it, except doing a reset.

Arnaud

4

You were just told how to solve it :slight_smile:

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ok, let s go ...
But what do you suggest to use usb to store packages (not enough space on my TP-Link ?

Is it this link ?

Thank you.
Arnaud

6

If you soft link the original folder, you can put the files anywhere you'd like.

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