SD card

Installation can be done via SD card.

FIXME Provide an outline of the procedure here

Prebuilt disk images

General procedure:

  1. Download the correct image for your device. Probably named similar to openwrt-*-sysupgrade.img.gz.
  2. Decompress it: 
    gzip -d openwrt-*-sysupgrade.img.gz
  3. Connect sdcard to your computer and look at lsblk or dmesg to identify it. In most cases, it would be something like /dev/sdX. 1)
  4. Double check that you have identified your sdcard correctly. If the /dev/sdX you have chosen, corresponds to your harddrive, the next step would destroy your system
  5. copy the image to the sdcard with: 
    dd if=openwrt-*-sysupgrade.img of=/dev/sdX

Examples:

Which image to chose?

Often, different images are available for a device. The differ in the filesystem used.

ext4-sdcard.img.gz

  • not optimized for flash memory (journaling speed up flash wear)
  • sdcard can be easyly mounted externally for modification
  • desktop linux standard

squashfs-sdcard.img.gz

  • newer images include a hidden f2fs filesystem, which is optimized for flash memory
  • compressed
  • needs special mount procedure, to externally modify it
  • all changes are done in an overlay partition
other images
  • ubifs-sdcard.img.gz
  • …
see also

Expanding the filesystem

To use the whole available space of your sdcard, you probably have to resize your partition.

squashfs image

To resize the squashfs-image one has to know the offset of the hidden f2fs filesystem. In this example, the squashfs partiton is /dev/sde2.

  1. You can find the offset, by running losetup on your openwrt device.
  2. On your computer, resize the squashfs partition, for example with cfdisk.
  3. Loop mount the underlying f2fs partition 2) 
    losetup -d -o <offset> /dev/loop0 /dev/sde2
  4. Run filesystem checks 
    fsck.f2fs /dev/loop0
  5. Resize f2fs filesystem 
    resize.f2fs /dev/loop0

Now your filesystem should be recognized with the correct size.

Manual disk image assembly

Examples:

Howto:

  1. Partition and format the SD card. Details devicespecific? → Devicepage
  2. Copy bootloader, kernel, rootfs (and if necessary other data) to SD card. Details devicespecific? → Devicepage
  3. Possibly resize filesystem in order to use the complete available space on the SD card
  4. …

Devices with this installation method

↓ BrandModelVersionSupported Current RelInstallation method(s)Comment installationDevice PageDevice Techdata
FriendlyARMNanoPi NEO Plus219.07.7SD card, Sunxi installationSimilar to install method for Raspberry Pifriendlyarm_nanopi_neo_plus2View/Edit data
FriendlyARMNanoPi NEO Core219.07.7Sysupgrade, SD card, U-Boot USB recoverySimilar to install method for Raspberry Pifriendlyarm_nanopi_neo_core2View/Edit data
FriendlyARMNanoPi R2Sv1snapshotSD cardwrite image to microSD/TFfriendlyarm_nanopi_r2sView/Edit data
FriendlyARMNanoPi R1snapshotSD card, Sunxi installation, see git-commitView/Edit data
FriendlyARMZeroPisnapshotSD card, Sunxi installation, see git-commitView/Edit data
KobolHelios4snapshotSD card, see git-commitView/Edit data
Libre ComputerALL-H3-CC H5snapshotSD card, Sunxi installation, see git-commitView/Edit data
MarvellDB-88F3720-DDR319.07.7SD card, see git-commitView/Edit data
MarvellMACCHIATObin Single ShotsnapshotSD card, see git-commitmarvell_macchiatobinView/Edit data
NXPLS1088ARDB18.06.4SD card, U-Boot TFTP recoverytest image on non default boot drivenxp_ls1088ardbView/Edit data
OlimexiMX233-OLinuXino-MAXI15.05SD card, see devicepageimx233-olinuxinoView/Edit data
OlimexiMX233-OLinuXino-MICRO15.05SD card, see devicepageimx233-olinuxinoView/Edit data
OlimexiMX233-OLinuXino-MINI-WiFi15.05SD card, see devicepageimx233-olinuxinoView/Edit data
OlimexiMX233-OLinuXino-MINI15.05SD card, see devicepageimx233-olinuxinoView/Edit data
OlimexiMX233-OLinuXino-NANO15.05SD card, see devicepageimx233-olinuxinoView/Edit data
PC EnginesAPU1C19.07.7SD card, see devicepageapuView/Edit data
PC EnginesAPU1C419.07.7SD card, see devicepageapuView/Edit data
PC EnginesAPU3C419.07.7SD card, see devicepageapu3View/Edit data
PC EnginesAPU3C219.07.7SD card, see devicepageapu3View/Edit data
PC EnginesAPU3A219.07.7SD card, see devicepageapu3View/Edit data
PC EnginesAPU2C419.07.7SD card, see devicepageapu2View/Edit data
PC EnginesAPU2C219.07.7SD card, see devicepageapu2View/Edit data
PC EnginesAPU2C019.07.7SD card, see devicepageapu2View/Edit data
PC EnginesAPU1D19.07.7SD card, see devicepageapuView/Edit data
Pine64RockPro642.1snapshotSD cardpine64_rockpro64_v2.1View/Edit data
 
1)
You want to specify the device and not the partition, meaning, you have to use /dev/sdX and not /dev/sdX1
2)
If you are already using a loop device, you may have to use another number that loop0
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  • Last modified: 2021/02/15 20:07
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