SRK60 SRS60 and SRR60 install issues

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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So,

I follow the git commit and install the factory image via NMRP or by booting into partition 2, no issues, flashing factory works.

If I try to install any sysupgrade onto Stock 22.03 or build my own, or try a snapshot, I end up in the factory stock image on partition 2.

Has anyone else got the Netgear Orbi Pro to confirm it's not just both of my units exhibiting this weird sysupgrade behaviour?

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root@SRR60:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/loop0: 25.81 MiB, 27066368 bytes, 52864 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 3.53 GiB, 3791650816 bytes, 7405568 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 98101B32-BBE2-4BF2-A06E-2BB33D000C20

so how much space is available on the 4GiB emmc?

Unpartitioned space /dev/mmcblk0: 2.13 GiB, 2292170240 bytes, 4476895 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

  Start     End Sectors  Size
2928640 7405534 4476895  2.1G

So over 2 GiB unused space, can I use this?

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depends what you want to use it for, but you could create an additional partition.

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I've resized rootfs_data to 3.4gb.

I'm now trying to work out why that's not mounted to dev/loop0

I've broken partition 2 on both devices by flashing them with rbk50 stock firmware, can't boot from partition 2 if it's unbootable

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Hello,
@hecatae Did you manage to use that unpartitioned space? I'm not able to make any partition of this space or resize it either.
Also I wonder why Openwrt doesn't make it available after installing it...

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mkfs.ext4 /dev/mmcblkxpx
reboot

Should then allow Openwrt to see it, although it would have to be done on every upgrade.

I've replaced the partition number with X's as I don't want anyone bricking theirs.

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Thanks for the hint....now I have the partition and I can mount it.
Next problem I have found, it's to mount it as extroot, but it doesn't work and, I think is related to https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/7352
As I get the same error in the system log.

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what commands are you using for extroot?

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I followed the guide that is in the wiki: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/additional-software/extroot_configuration

One thing to change, it's in the line:
DEVICE="${DISK}" instead of DEVICE="${DISK}1"

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Good news...flashing an snapshot, where the patch is merged already, makes the extroot works with the emmc unallocated space.

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I am having problems freeing up the 2.13Gb of un-partitioned space. Any step by step would be helpful.

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