I also tried building the image myself by downloading the image builder and running
make image PROFILE=tl-wa850re-v2 PACKAGES="-ppp -ppp-mod-pppoe"
but while this builds, it produces no factory.bin file
During build, these error messages pop up:
os-image partition too big (more than 1376256 bytes): Success
cp: cannot stat '/lede-imagebuilder-ar71xx-generic.Linux-x86_64/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-ar71xx_generic/tmp/lede-ar71xx-generic-tl-wa850re-v2-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lede-imagebuilder-ar71xx-generic.Linux-x86_64/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-ar71xx_generic/tmp/lede-ar71xx-generic-tl-wa850re-v2-squashfs-factory.bin': No such file or directory
So, in essence my question is: how can I get a tl-wa850re-v2 factory image?
Still got the messages saying that i had to make the images smaller than ~1.37mb, so i tried compiling without GPIO/Wireless, got it down to less than that (about 1.2mb), but still got the same error saying that 1.2mb > 1.37mb !?
Cleaning up
Activating init scripts
Building images...
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Image Name: MIPS OpenWrt Linux-4.9.70
Created: Sat Dec 23 19:43:06 2017
Image Type: MIPS Linux Kernel Image (lzma compressed)
Data Size: 1499997 Bytes = 1464.84 kB = 1.43 MB
Load Address: 80060000
Entry Point: 80060000
Parallel mksquashfs: Using 1 processor
Creating 4.0 filesystem on /opt/LEDE_DEC_17/openwrt-imagebuilder-ar71xx-generic.Linux-x86_64/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-ar71xx_generic/root.squashfs, block size 262144.
Pseudo file "/dev" exists in source filesystem "/opt/LEDE_DEC_17/openwrt-imagebuilder-ar71xx-generic.Linux-x86_64/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/root-ar71xx/dev".
Ignoring, exclude it (-e/-ef) to override.
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Exportable Squashfs 4.0 filesystem, xz compressed, data block size 262144
compressed data, compressed metadata, compressed fragments, no xattrs
duplicates are removed
Filesystem size 980.48 Kbytes (0.96 Mbytes)
38.89% of uncompressed filesystem size (2520.92 Kbytes)
Inode table size 3472 bytes (3.39 Kbytes)
21.36% of uncompressed inode table size (16253 bytes)
Directory table size 4888 bytes (4.77 Kbytes)
54.29% of uncompressed directory table size (9004 bytes)
Number of duplicate files found 33
Number of inodes 485
Number of files 276
Number of fragments 5
Number of symbolic links 158
Number of device nodes 1
Number of fifo nodes 0
Number of socket nodes 0
Number of directories 50
Number of ids (unique uids + gids) 1
Number of uids 1
root (0)
Number of gids 1
root (0)
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os-image partition too big (more than 1376256 bytes): Success
cp: cannot stat '/opt/LEDE_DEC_17/openwrt-imagebuilder-ar71xx-generic.Linux-x86_64/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-ar71xx_generic/tmp/openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-wa850re-v2-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin': No such file or directo
ry
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os-image partition too big (more than 1376256 bytes): Success
cp: cannot stat '/opt/LEDE_DEC_17/openwrt-imagebuilder-ar71xx-generic.Linux-x86_64/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-ar71xx_generic/tmp/openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-wa850re-v2-squashfs-factory.bin': No such file or directory
padding image to 00100000
padding image to 000f6000
padding image to 000f8000
padding image to 00100000
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Calculating checksums...
[root@LEDE openwrt-imagebuilder-ar71xx-generic.Linux-x86_64]#
Thank you @freifunkufo
But i can't try this, because im not able to recover it if that will break them so i just need the old version of openwrt-wa850 V2
I have uploaded an image that i built using openwrt imagebuilder.
Default settings, no luci so you ll need to edit the config files in /etc/config by hand.
No opkg either but you cant install anything with 4MB of flash anyway.
It will do basic AP functionality there is just enough remaining space for this.
I followed this: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/quickstart-build-images
Then the " Which packages can I safely remove to save space?" paragraph in the openwrt FAQ.
Ran make menuconfig in the buildroot folder, removed the stuff in the menu that is safe, then ran make to build.
I managed to build an image with luci that did not lose the few configs i did after a reboot.
It has dhcpd, no firewall, no ipv6 no ppp/pppoe no opkg, only the bare minimum to run the wa850re v2 as an access point using luci. I tried this on mine and it works fine.
Filesystem usage after basic configs and a reboot:
hey, could you please share this particular image. The link isn't working. Please help!
I want to use it as a repeater - that would entail 2 settings (Client-WDS) and AP. Will this modded firmware allow both of those to be stored?
I'm unaware how much space these settings take, please advice.
