I just installed OpenWrt on an x86 appliance (Protectli VP2420), all good but I have a weird behavior: I do changes with some of the interfaces, save and apply, but after a reboot all changes will be lost, any idea why this is happening? Thanks
Note: I have installed multiple OpenWrt devices (MT6000, X3000, Raspberry, Fusion VMs, etc.), therefore I have some experience with this, first time with this behavior
I am using * ext4-combined-efi.img.gz This disk image uses a single read-write ext4 partition without a read-only squashfs root filesystem. As a result, the root partition can be expanded to fill a large drive (e.g. SSD/SATA/mSATA/SATA DOM/NVMe/etc). Features like Failsafe Mode or Factory Reset will not be available as they need a read-only squashfs partition in order to function. It has both the boot and root partitions and Master Boot Record (MBR) area with updated GRUB2.
Please describe in detail exactly how you installed OpenWrt on the VP2420. I see it has a M.2 SATA slot and on-board 16 GB eMMC, which one did you install OpenWrt on? Are you sure OpenWrt's file system is on internal storage and not something like a live USB?
I installed it in a 1TB SATA disk, I also followed the instructions on the guide to expand the root partition, now it is using all the 1TB. I can see it in LuCI.
The USB drive used for the installation has been removed