Guide for GL.iNet GL-MV1000 (Brume)

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Apologies for the triple post :blush:

I have gotten extroot working on the GL-MV1000 with the 21.02 release and wanted to mention it for others.

  1. I used U-boot method to install the ext4 image from https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.1/targets/mvebu/cortexa53/
  2. I subsequently followed the extroot instructions at https://openwrt.org/toh/gl.inet/gl-mv1000#increasing_the_root_filesystem with a bit of extra detail to get extroot working and use the full 8GB of onboard flash:
    • after following the procedure in the ToH and generating /etc/config/fstab, I modified /etc/config/fstab to set the filesystems to enabled (see below)
    • I needed to reboot for the changes to take effect.

This is my /etc/config/fstab with uuids removed because I wasn't sure if there is a privacy concern. All you need to do is change the target as shown and set enabled to 1 for /rom and /overlay

More info on fstab: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/storage/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/mmcblk1p1'
	option uuid '[redacted]'
	option enabled '0'

config mount
	option target '/rom'
	option uuid '[redacted]'
	option enabled '1'

config mount
	option target '/overlay'
	option uuid '[redacted]'
	option enabled '1'

PS I have no idea if /mnt/mmcblk1p1 should also be mounted but so far nothing seems broken??

Edit 2: I used opkg install kmod-rtl8812au-ct hostapd to get an Alfa AWUS036ACS wifi dongle driver and associated software, which is one recommended by GL-inet for use with their own firmware, but looks like this device requires patches from GL-inet which haven't made it in to mainstream yet because it doesn't yet support AP (access point) mode yet in 21.02.