I have Linksys EA4500 that runs OpenWrt Chaos Calmer (CC) without sysupgrade support (candy router flash layout).
My understanding that to move forward with Linksys EA4500 I have to boot the device using the stock firmware first and perform a regular firmware update using OpenWRT DD or LEDE factory.bin image.
Unfortunately my device has CC in both primary and backup partitions, so in any case my device boots with CC.
- Is there any way to upgrade my box to DD or LEDE without serial connection?
- My understanding that LEDE firmware is expecting a factory-like MTD flash layout. Should I restore the layout somehow? Can it be done without serial connection?
Machine model: Linksys EA4500
DISTRIB_ID='OpenWrt'
DISTRIB_RELEASE='15.05'
DISTRIB_REVISION='r46767'
DISTRIB_CODENAME='chaos_calmer'
DISTRIB_TARGET='kirkwood/generic'
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION='OpenWrt Chaos Calmer 15.05'
DISTRIB_TAINTS=''
cat /proc/mtd
dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 00080000 00020000 "u-boot"
mtd1: 00020000 00020000 "u-boot environment"
mtd2: 00200000 00020000 "kernel"
mtd3: 01c00000 00020000 "root"