Overlay does not copy my files to base system

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i have a file named /etc/startup-config i am saving this file in /tmp before doing firstboot
#!/bin/sh

/sbin/jffs2reset $@

after this i am copy file to /overlay/etc/startup-config and i am expecting it in /etc dir after reboot
but this is not happing . I also tried to save this file after changing its name still dont get this file after resetting firmware

/dev/ubi0_4 on /overlay type ubifs (rw,noatime,assert=read-only,ubi=0,vol=4)
overlayfs:/overlay on / type overlay (rw,noatime,lowerdir=/,upperdir=/overlay/upper,workdir=/overlay/work )

these are logs
[ 11.002276] mount_root: overlay filesystem has not been fully initialized yet
[ 11.014335] mount_root: switching to ubifs overlay

what am i missing?

Is this is the reason?
/dev/mtdblock20 28.3M 28.3M 0 100% /rom

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Have you tried just copying it to /etc/startup-config?

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yes. but after reset default /etc/startup-config vfile will get replaced

4

Another option would be to bake your startup config into the image. This can be done via UCI commands in the online image builder on the firmware-selector website, or other more complex files/scripts can be embedded via the image builder that you download and run from your local computer.

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Not sure if your approach will work at all but that overlay directory if wrong at the first place.
It should be /overlay/upper/etc

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correct, but after firstboot there are no such dirctory so i am coping my file at overlat/etc/startup-config