Box on partititoned Flash-drive

Hi, all!
First: sorry fom my bad english - i`m from ex-USSR (vodka-balalaika-bears)
Second: i want to install PB on router with ExtROOT. Flash is full((. How? I`m not newbe, but not a God. Kan you help?
And main: really big THANKS and beer (only virtually?) for autor, and copilots.
Искренне Ваш, NeON
Sorry for a russian)).



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/24/2013 11:14PM by NeON.

hi,
piratebox-.....ipk normally creates an ext root filesystem during the install.
What router are you using?
Can you give me a bit more information about your system

thanks
Matthias

Easy)
Asus WL520GU, OpenWRT Backfire, rootFS on external flash drive vith ext3 patrtition and swap partition. USB hub and 3 free ports on it. In future, i`m add usb hard drive for a storage.

is the flash drive a usb stick?

USB stick with ext3 for rootFS and swap.

mh ok.
may I ask you a last question? Your ext-root is an overlay to / or is it linked to /usr/local ?

Overlay.

ok.

the default OpenWRT packages uses /dev/sda1 as device node to work with. Most Systems only have one USB Port, so this is a well choosen one
The package and the scripts relay on a fat32 filesystem.

you have two Options:

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---- 1.) The hard way


In your case, I would try to install the package without running the postinst script. But I think there is no flog to force opkg to not run the script.

Install the dependencies by hand (if not already installed):
kmod-usb2, kmod-usb-storage, kmod-fs-vfat, kmod-nls-cp437, kmod-nls-cp850, kmod-nls-iso8859-1, kmod-nls-iso8859-15, kmod-fs-ext4, block-mount, kmod-loop, losetup

Download the .ipk file
cd /tmp
wget http:....
tar xzf piratebox*ipk

then copy over the content of the data folder to the target directories ( /etc /usr/share etc... )
Then modify /etc/piratebox.common and exchange the /dev/sda1 with a device node suitable for you
Plugin you usb stick

And run the
control / postinst
script of the package by hand

this should hopefully results in a working system.

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---- 2.) easier way
reinstall your system with a current OpenWRT image like Attitude Adjustment.
Do not use the ext root, because OpenWRT will create an own one.
Format your usb stick with FAT32 (ext3 may work too but is even more experimental )
Download the piratebox ipk package
install it.
Finish

OpenWRT Attitute Adjustment have a broken Wi-Fi module((. And Backfire 10.3.1 too...
UPD: broken b43 module. For target brcm-2.4 all working. It`s acceptable?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/27/2013 11:33AM by NeON.

then stay at your current version.
Haven't known this

Maybe you have to swap some dependencies to ext3 instead of ext4

Matthias

Look like last trunk, Barrier Braker hawe a wowking wi-fi!
Downlpading ImageBuilder.

Another fail
I`m build image with all needed modules. Wi-fi working, usb stick is mounting.
But i don`t have Internet on this device (damaged WAN port).
When i install PB from a usb-stick, it tell "Please connect USB disk. If it is already plugged-in,
wait for a few seconds, and if nothing happens, please
reconnect the device.", and dot-dot-dot... If i reconnect stick, router iz reboot(((

oh thats not good.

Is you usb stick partitioned with 1 vfat partition?

Yes. 1 partition, FAT32

Installed! Bun new problem: during installation, on step "Creating swap..." show "Killed" then "File too small".. Then continue, next steps without error. Then reboot, and i see AP PirateBox, but can`t connect to them. And SSH unreachable.
UPD: Previews problem was fixed by reformatting USB-stick - is detected and mounted sda4



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/30/2013 08:10AM by NeON.