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| toh:linksys:ea3500 [2019/10/21 17:03] – [Tags] dual firmware added tmomas | toh:linksys:ea3500 [2020/12/19 18:56] – [Tags] danitool | ||
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| Like several other Linksys devices, the EA3500 has a dual firmware layout: working and backup partitions. Unless you manually choose which partition by doing a manual uboot/tftp install, firmware flashes occur on the backup partition and the EA3500 shall reboot from the backup partition following from a firmware flash. The backup partition becomes the new working partition when the reboot was successful. The former working partition becomes the new backup partition. There is a useful Luci app that show which partition is currently booted: luci-app-advanced-reboot, | Like several other Linksys devices, the EA3500 has a dual firmware layout: working and backup partitions. Unless you manually choose which partition by doing a manual uboot/tftp install, firmware flashes occur on the backup partition and the EA3500 shall reboot from the backup partition following from a firmware flash. The backup partition becomes the new working partition when the reboot was successful. The former working partition becomes the new backup partition. There is a useful Luci app that show which partition is currently booted: luci-app-advanced-reboot, | ||
| - | As of LEDE 17.01 no special build is needed. However the LEDE 17.01 and later releases cannot directly be uploaded to the stock firmware. This [[https:// | + | <del>As of LEDE 17.01 no special build is needed. However the LEDE 17.01 and later releases cannot directly be uploaded to the stock firmware. This [[https:// |
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| + | Current snapshot (Oct 23 2019) factory image can be flashed from stock firmware' | ||
| Note that the 17.01 does not have the kmod-gpio-button-hotplug package included by default, making it impossible to activate fail safe mode. It is therefore highly recommended to install kmod-gpio-button-hotplug. Later versions have this package included by default. | Note that the 17.01 does not have the kmod-gpio-button-hotplug package included by default, making it impossible to activate fail safe mode. It is therefore highly recommended to install kmod-gpio-button-hotplug. Later versions have this package included by default. | ||
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| - | {{tag> | + | {{tag>kirkwood 64Flash 64RAM GigabitEthernet FastEthernet 4NIC 2WNIC 5Port USB ARM dual_firmware}} |