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| doc:howto:restore_art_partition [2015/04/17 01:15] – [How to restore ART partition] bazz | docs:guide-user:installation:restore_art_partition [2019/10/15 21:10] – [How to restore ART partition] jeff | ||
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| ====== How to restore ART partition ====== | ====== How to restore ART partition ====== | ||
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| + | Backing up your ART data is a wise precaution as it is irreplaceable. | ||
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| + | **This procedure does not apply to copying ART data from a current router to another!** | ||
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| + | Current routers' | ||
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| + | While your router may seem to work, it is quite possible that it is operating poorly, potentially out-of-spec. | ||
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| + | Out-of-spec operation is often illegal, and can cause interference to other wireless devices, yours and your neighbors. | ||
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| + | <WRAP center round important 60%> | ||
| + | Note also that the tooling specified is inappropriate for NAND-based routers and may cause further damage, if used. | ||
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| **Whole procedure was tested on Netgear WNDAP360 and BUFFALO WZR-HP-AG300H** | **Whole procedure was tested on Netgear WNDAP360 and BUFFALO WZR-HP-AG300H** | ||
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| While playing on my router I managed to break my ART partition. | While playing on my router I managed to break my ART partition. | ||
| - | If this is wiped / corrupted ath radios will not come up anymore. | + | If the ART partition |
| - | ART partition contains calibration data so if you didn't make a backup of your own than your radios might not perform as well as before (I still think it's better to have radios performing not 100% than not performing at all :) ). | + | ART partition contains calibration data so if you didn't make a backup of your own then your radios might not perform as well as before (I still think it's better to have radios performing not 100% than not performing at all :) ). |
| ===== Prerequisite ===== | ===== Prerequisite ===== | ||
| - | Well, ideal situation is when you have backed up your ART partition, this is easy to do in openWRT | + | Well, ideal situation is when you have backed up your ART partition, this is easy to do in OpenWrt |
| On device find art partition: | On device find art partition: | ||
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| This can be flashed from OS level (if partition is NOT readonly - if it is you can re-define this in openwrt source and re-compile kernel) or via uboot. | This can be flashed from OS level (if partition is NOT readonly - if it is you can re-define this in openwrt source and re-compile kernel) or via uboot. | ||
| - | ==== Flashing via OpenWRT | + | ==== Flashing via OpenWrt |
| This is simple enough, you need to place your art partition dump into /tmp, and then: | This is simple enough, you need to place your art partition dump into /tmp, and then: | ||
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| Above command will perform reboot after flashing, this is needed. | Above command will perform reboot after flashing, this is needed. | ||
| - | If on the other hand your partition is read-only and you have no console you have to make it RW my changing it's definition in images/ | + | If on the other hand your partition is read-only and you have no console you have to make it RW my changing it's definition in images/ |
| After you fixed your art partition I **HIGHLY** advice to put a proper image back (with art partition as read-only) | After you fixed your art partition I **HIGHLY** advice to put a proper image back (with art partition as read-only) | ||