The status of this package is currently 'it works for me', and it will
require more effort before it's generic across the board. Currently
-only tested to be working on x86-2.4, there are some issues with devfs
-that need to be addressed yet in 2.6 before this will be clean with
-x86-2.6. My development environment for this is a via epia with a
+only tested to be working on x86-2.6 using an initramfs image.
+My development environment for this is a via epia with a
serial console (no monitors or keyboards attached).
To create the images that are bootable, configure your buildroot to include
To use the image, dd it directly onto a usb stick. It should go onto
/dev/sda not /dev/sda1, it's assuming the stick is not partitioned.
When you boot the stick, you will get a lilo menu on the serial terminal.
-The two options allow you to boot with the stick itself as the root file
+The three options allow you to boot with the stick itself as the root file
system, or, to boot into a ramdisk, and not mount the stick at all. The
-stick will likely show up at /dev/discs/disc0/disc
+stick will likely show up at /dev/disc
Boot the unit, and select the ramdisk. Once up in the ramdisk, you can
use the e2fstools to expand the image to fill the stick and add a journal
to use it as ext3.
-e2fsck -f /dev/discs/disc0/disc
-tune2fs -j /dev/discs/disc0/disc
-resize2fs /dev/discs/disc0/disc
+e2fsck -f /dev/disc
+tune2fs -j /dev/disc
+resize2fs /dev/disc
Reboot the box, and, have fun with openwrt on your x86 using the usb
stick to boot and run from.