diff --git a/extroot.txt b/extroot.txt index 694871f..9841947 100644 --- a/extroot.txt +++ b/extroot.txt @@ -5,35 +5,18 @@ single ext4 partition, no data copied from internal flash. Assumptions (based on your box): -Device: GL-iNet XE300 - -OpenWrt: 24.x, fresh flash - -SD card location: built-in slot +Device: GL-iNet XE300, OpenWRT 24.10.4 Detected as: /dev/sda with one partition /dev/sda1 -Overlay: You don't care about existing data on the card or in the old overlay - 1. Insert card & install required packages -Insert the microSD card. -SSH into the router (root@192.168.x.x, etc). - -Install the extroot-related packages: - opkg update opkg install block-mount kmod-fs-ext4 kmod-usb-storage e2fsprogs - -What they do: - block-mount - block info, fstab handling, extroot logic - kmod-fs-ext4 - kernel driver for ext4 filesystem - kmod-usb-storage - makes the SD slot show up as /dev/sda - e2fsprogs - provides mkfs.ext4 2. Confirm the SD card is /dev/sda and /dev/sda1 @@ -43,42 +26,25 @@ Check dmesg: dmesg | grep -i sd -On the XE300 you should see: - +Sample Output: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 1000005632 512-byte logical blocks: (512 GB/477 GiB) sda: sda1 sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk -This tells you: - -Disk: /dev/sda - -Partition already present: /dev/sda1 - -If /dev/sda1 is missing, you'd need to partition manually. In your case, it exists already. - 3. Format /dev/sda1 as ext4 for extroot mkfs.ext4 -L extroot /dev/sda1 - -If you get a warning like “contains an exfat file system - Proceed anyway? (y,N)”, type: - -y - - You should see output ending with success and a UUID. 4. Grab the UUID and create the extroot fstab entry UUID=$(block info | awk -F\" '/sda1/ {print $2}') echo $UUID - Sample UUID output: 4851f00e-696b-47d3-a529-82c2aca292db - Now write the minimal extroot config using uci: uci set fstab.extroot="mount" @@ -88,7 +54,6 @@ uci set fstab.extroot.fstype="ext4" uci set fstab.extroot.enabled="1" uci commit fstab - Sanity-check the file: cat /etc/config/fstab @@ -111,15 +76,8 @@ config mount 'extroot' option enabled '1' -Not included: - -No /rwm mount - -No copy of internal overlay - -This is a clean, SD-only overlay setup. - 5. Reboot into extroot + reboot Wait for the router to come back up, then SSH in again. @@ -140,26 +98,10 @@ overlayfs:/overlay 468.3G 2.1M 444.4G 0% / Explanation: /dev/root at /rom → read-only squashfs from flash - /dev/sda1 at /overlay → SD card is the writable layer - overlayfs:/overlay on / → full rootfs = ROM + SD overlay - You now have a 468 GB OpenWrt box. -Extra checks (optional) -mount | grep sda1 -mount | grep overlay - - -Should return: - -/dev/sda1 on /overlay type ext4 -overlayfs:/overlay on / type overlay - -7. Quick functional test -opkg install tcpdump -df -h /overlay - - -You should see a small increase in Used for /dev/sda1, proving packages are installed to SD-backed overlay—not internal flash. \ No newline at end of file +No /rwm mount +No copy of internal overlay +This is a clean, SD-only overlay setup. \ No newline at end of file