I tried 2 days now several tutorials and cant get the setup right, at all

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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base is my micro pc/router, n100, 8gb ram,256gb ssd

i used to try it with the 23.05 squash comb. efi, iso
i unpack it ,to have a iso, use that on a usb stick

then..
try 1 , i simply hit the openwrt , and it just run thru some debian lines, and only after hitting enter,it shows root@ line,
from there, i tried a guide,to install luci? cant remember, well it errord, luci is there, but cannot be startet
failed try

try2,
used a linux usb, bootet to console, tried to unpack, .. couldnt find/use/or copy anything useful .. worst fail

try3,
another.. boot to iso, then just hit openwrt, then vi the ip to something useful (192.168.2.200) (the one to setup the router,without disturbing the working system, (range 192.168.2.1-171)
reboot
then, try to call the ip on a linux pc, ping works, but no gui via browser..
boot again to openwrt, check the vi edit,still .200... but no cigar
ping to works, but no interface

there are too many guides,with too many methods,while iam only used to a simple, slap the iso to usb,install.and config from there.. {ubuntu,mint ..methods} not a arch linux type, which i cannot handle well,at all..i need my gui,up and running,on the spot.

iam happy for a guide,that actually shows the simple things,and not trys to get me to increase some ssd space,or some other stuff,... just the gui,running, on a system,without the need of booting from usb,at all,after installing.

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boot Openwrt/Linux from USB
wget or transfer the openwrt image to the booted OS
dd the image to the drive
done

Use the combined EFI image from https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=23.05.2&target=x86%2F64&id=generic

for swapping IP via console, vi /etc/config/network.

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i have the img on another usb, also plugged in, (sdc i guess)
the ssd should be sda i guess? this os does not have a fdisk option or anything like that, so i dont know what names this drives have,thats probably the main issue, well and i never used dd, but i assume a simple
dd 2.img /dev/sda/
(i renamed the img to a more useful less typo version)

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depends on the drive, usually it is, but not always.
NVME drives might have different naming

you can use dmesg | more to scroll through the boot log, see which drives it sees.

it does, but it doesn't ship with the default image.
if you're running openwrt from a flash drive, you can always install it post boot.

it's not
dd if=2.img of=/dev/drive.dev
logical, innit ?

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iam so hopeless if it comes to commandline structures, dos was so much more simple (yes iam old), it says the usb is sdc: sdc1 , so i assume its the /dev/sdc/2.img,
it says its not....

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If you use a stable release, you do not need to install the web interface, this is only needed for the snapshot releases.

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not really (yes' I'm that old too), just not the same as Linux :wink:

The 23.05.2 link provided will come with webUI, since it's a stable release, as @eduperez pointed out.

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idea, if i take a linux usb, lets say mint, boot it to the gui, ,where you can install it, and then use img writer from there,to ssd.. should work aswell i guess..
as i simply cant figure out the usb names,aswell as the ssd name for that matter
/edit to avoid the dd mess, with the names which i dont know

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you can't, until you've actually booted openwrt.
or use the image link provided instead.

then use somethine else than openwrt, where you already have all the tools you need to identify the storage you've got.
the dd command will be there too, it uni(x-)versal.

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its more easy said then done,
it needs to have a remote access, perma

i have the same system,with the same hardware, already with a linux mint mate , and nordvpn via wireguard.. and a screendongle(to emulate screen) , and it works bad. but i have also a merlin wrt asus, which works perfect,but only up to 250mbit, then the vpn gets too intense for the cpu

thats the mainreason, i try to get a openwrt on such a mpc. to have a easy to handle system, which runs my vpn,even for 1gbit connections

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Just in case there is a misunderstanding here: OpenWrt will never boot into a GUI. OpenWrt will always boot into a text console (if the device has one), and there is also a web interface, that must be accessed from the network, using a browser.

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