Can't install OpenWrt on DGS-1210-10P ? "FW upgrade/backup fail"

[shodanx]

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D-Link DGS-1210

D-Link DGS-1210 rev G,F (Realtek)

Getting error "FW upgrade/backup fail. check FW file..."

I have hardware revision F1

I have firmware 6.20.B009 running in both slot 1 and 2 of the dual boot firmware

firmware config

I'm booted into image 2

Can't upload openwrt firmware

I tried

https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.5/targets/realtek/generic/openwrt-21.02.5-realtek-generic-d-link_dgs-1210-10p-initramfs-kernel.bin

and

https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/22.03.2/targets/realtek/rtl838x/openwrt-22.03.2-realtek-rtl838x-d-link_dgs-1210-10p-initramfs-kernel.bin

not sure what to do next !

[bmork]

There are factory images for this device. I assume it must be used instead of the initramfs

[shodanx]

Hello,
just gave that factory image_1 a spin

https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/22.03.2/targets/realtek/rtl838x/openwrt-22.03.2-realtek-rtl838x-d-link_dgs-1210-10p-squashfs-factory_image1.bin

Name: openwrt-22.03.2-realtek-rtl838x-d-link_dgs-1210-10p-squashfs-factory_image1.bin
Size: 6291632 bytes (6144 KiB)
SHA256: 37dc786a04e62e44bc59c83de94ac7e37cc30302139687ce76ebf147e7f298bd

Before uploading openwrt firmware I have updated my B007 firmware to the B009 firmware mentionned as known working in the openwrt documentation

Name: DGS-1210-FX-SERIES-Fx-6-20-B009.hex
Size: 11922912 bytes (11 MiB)
SHA256: 67563e59ce7c6d17101cd089bb0d2f8840b3bc94f4953f0d3267615b6ca8b6e5

WHILE BOOTED ON IMAGE_2

upload succeeded

switch to boot on image_1

and it works

yay thanks !