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| - | If you're nervous about irreparably breaking things, choose option **R**; this will tell the router to boot into OpenWrt but not to save it to storage. If you go this route, you will have to repeat the install procedure when you decide to actually install OpenWrt (it will run in-memory, but will not persist past reboot or shutdown). If you're ready to actually install OpenWrt, use option **D**. Either way, you will see the familiar OpenWrt boot sequence. When the boot sequence is complete, press **Enter** to gain OpenWrt command prompt. | + | If you're nervous about irreparably breaking things, choose option **R**; this will tell the router to boot into OpenWrt but not to save it to storage. If you go this route, you will have to repeat the install procedure when you decide to actually install OpenWrt (for now, it will run in-memory, but will not persist past reboot or shutdown). If you're ready to actually install OpenWrt, use option **D**. Either way, you will see the familiar OpenWrt boot sequence. When the boot sequence is complete, press **Enter** to gain OpenWrt command prompt. |
| At this point, OpenWrt is running in-memory, so you need to write it to the persistent storage. To do that, you need to perform a sysupgrade. Disconnect your router from the FTFP server and connect one of the router' | At this point, OpenWrt is running in-memory, so you need to write it to the persistent storage. To do that, you need to perform a sysupgrade. Disconnect your router from the FTFP server and connect one of the router' | ||