froyic
December 10, 2023, 6:37am
22
root@router:~# block info
/dev/mtdblock3: UUID="97741d6c-e644db67-1c0916d0-cf1fa89f" VERSION="4.0" MOUNT="/rom" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/mtdblock4: MOUNT="/overlay" TYPE="jffs2"
/dev/sda1: UUID="120bc142-71f0-a04d-b376-a84230983766" VERSION="1.0" TYPE="ext4"
root@router:~# mkdir /mnt/usbdrive
root@router:~# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbdrive
root@router:~# mkdir -p /tmp/cproot
root@router:~# mount --bind / /tmp/cproot
root@router:~# tar -C /tmp/cproot -cvf - . | tar -C /mnt/usbdrive -xf -
./
./bin/
.. here i would copy paste all the prompt of the ssh showing all the directories copying to the drive but is too much for the limit, so i will say it worked , what do i have to do now?
also, i am very big thankfull for your kind help
great... looks like that worked.
Now the last bit (copy this in as one full block):
cat >> /etc/config/fstab << EOF
config 'mount'
option target /
option device /dev/sda1
option fstype ext4
option options rw,sync
option enabled 1
option enabled_fsck 0
EOF
hit return, then
reboot
when it comes back, what is the output of:
df -h
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And just so it is all in one place, this is my recipe:
opkg update
opkg install block-mount kmod-usb-storage kmod-fs-ext4
# Mount the USB flash drive
mkdir /mnt/usbdrive
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbdrive
# Execute extroot migration process
mkdir -p /tmp/cproot
mount --bind / /tmp/cproot
tar -C /tmp/cproot -cvf - . | tar -C /mnt/usbdrive -xf -
umount /tmp/cproot
# Add entry to fstab to set booting to USB drive
cat >> /etc/config/fstab << EOF
config 'mount'
option target /
option device /dev/sda1
option fstype ext4
option options rw,sync
option enabled 1
option enabled_fsck 0
EOF
# Reboot
reboot
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froyic
December 10, 2023, 6:47am
25
root@router:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 3.8M 3.8M 0 100% /rom
tmpfs 28.0M 100.0K 27.9M 0% /tmp
/dev/mtdblock4 1.9M 748.0K 1.1M 39% /overlay
overlayfs:/overlay 1.9M 748.0K 1.1M 39% /
tmpfs 512.0K 0 512.0K 0% /dev
root@router:~# block info
/dev/mtdblock3: UUID="97741d6c-e644db67-1c0916d0-cf1fa89f" VERSION="4.0" MOUNT="/rom" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/mtdblock4: MOUNT="/overlay" TYPE="jffs2"
/dev/sda1: UUID="120bc142-71f0-a04d-b376-a84230983766" VERSION="1.0" TYPE="ext4"
root@router:~#
my friend, i think i found a bug cause looks like did not worked, ran the
cat >> /etc/config/fstab << EOF
config 'mount'
option target /
option device /dev/sda1
option fstype ext4
option options rw,sync
option enabled 1
option enabled_fsck 0
EOF
in one copy paste, hit enter reboot then df -h and it does not shows the 28000m or 28gb or something similar, also, hit a block info so you could see if it still detects it or not, and as you can see here, it detects the drive but in the df -h does not
froyic
December 10, 2023, 6:49am
27
cat /etc/config/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/
option device /dev/sda1
option fstypeext4
option optionsrw,sync
option enabled1
option enabled_fsck0
root@router:~#
oh it shows the sda1 in option device, that did not when i tried the guide , we are good headed!!!
The tabs didn't work properly for some reason...
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/
option device /dev/sda1
option fstypeext4
option optionsrw,sync
option enabled1
option enabled_fsck0
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froyic
December 10, 2023, 6:54am
29
it looks like that, like in my last reply ,but still not working, maybe too much memory? but i do not think so because saw a guy who was boasting of 128gb of memory in the router , i am puzzled
i have followed all the steps rigurously and that is what puzzles me more, because is not working
i do not think is the usb, the usb is a kingstom data traveler 2 of 32gb, the block info detects it but some reason it does not wants to grab the usb as overlay
Let's try this again -- I see that there were still spaces missing in what I last posted:
config 'mount'
option target /
option device /dev/sda1
option fstype ext4
option options rw,sync
option enabled 1
option enabled_fsck 0
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froyic
December 10, 2023, 6:58am
31
froyic:
cat /etc/config/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/
option device /dev/sda1
option fstypeext4
option optionsrw,sync
option enabled1
option enabled_fsck0
root@router:~#
mine is
cat /etc/config/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/
option device /dev/sda1
option fstypeext4
option optionsrw,sync
option enabled1
option enabled_fsck0
root@router:~#
These are still missing indents and spaces
config 'mount'
option target /
option device /dev/sda1
option fstype ext4
option options rw,sync
option enabled 1
option enabled_fsck 0
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froyic
December 10, 2023, 7:03am
33
now i get it, maybe my image is broken? is weird
or maybe because i use the "cat" command? i am sorry i am newbie and i just try hard to improve
no... it is more likely that there is something with the terminal program you are using that is dropping spaces or something in this very specific situation.
Edit the file with the vi editor that is built-in to OpenWrt.
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froyic
December 10, 2023, 7:09am
35
i am using cmd terminal of windows
i edited the file with vi and the tabs are wrong
corrected and saved , now looks like this
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/
option device /dev/sda1
option fstypeext4
option optionsrw,sync
option enabled1
option enabled_fsck0
should i reboot?
still missing spaces...._ where they should be so that it is clear, but be sure to actually use spaces
config 'mount'
option target_/
option device /dev/sda1
option fstype_ext4
option options_rw,sync
option enabled_1
option enabled_fsck_0
froyic
December 10, 2023, 7:12am
38
config 'mount'
option target /
option device /dev/sda1
option fstypeext4
option optionsrw,sync
option enabled1
option enabled_fsck0
done, sorry
Still missing them here, too.
This time with %
option fstype%ext4
option optionsr%w,sync
option enabled%1
option enabled_fsck%0
froyic
December 10, 2023, 7:16am
40
like this?
option fstypeext '4'
option options rw,sync
option enabled '1'
option enabled_fsck '0'
or i leave it like before just add the % where you told me?
This is what it should look like... study this carefully to make sure you've got the spaces correct in every location.
froyic
December 10, 2023, 7:19am
42
this is how it looks now
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 /
option device /dev/sda1
option fstype ext4
option options rw,sync
option enabled 1
option enabled_fsck 0
thank you, it is weird that the file output like that i did not touched the file before maybe is a bug?