anom3
May 17, 2020, 8:15pm
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One of my OpenWRT routers is a APU2.
Its an x86 device.
When I did the initial install I installed a custom built squashfs build. Which I have been keeping up to date with the github releases.
I have a 16GB SSD in there, and of course the default squashfs build uses about 250megs of that 16GB.
So I am now going to switch over to the ext4 build.
Is it possible to do a simple sysupgrade via the cli and will it preserve my config files?
Or do I have to do a factory install and do a restore config via Luci?
Thanks!
I would advise doing this...I surmise you have to re-partition anyway, which requires it.
anom3
May 18, 2020, 6:50pm
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I ended up saving a backup via Luci (just in case) and trying a sysupgrade via the CLI.
Worked just fine
Fully flawless, was rebooted and presented with the exact running copy of my setup prior to switching to ext4.
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umggc
October 28, 2023, 8:51am
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Adding another success experience. Today I tested switching from squashfs to ext4, on a virutalized openwrt 23.05. So far things are working fine without the need to reconfigure, other than package install.
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