Firmware v1.9.2.7 CR4 [Oleg]

[Oleg]

This could be overcome by replacing the FTP config page in the webinterface with a new one specifically for vsftpd, right? How much efford would that take?

I have no idea, as I have not checked this carefully yet.

[hugo]

Does this mean we can use any openwrt package on the wl-hdd? This is the greatest news of the day then!

[Oleg]

Does this mean we can use any openwrt package on the wl-hdd? This is the greatest news of the day then!

No, as they use different fs layout. I've compiled several packages from the nslu2-linux.org site, they've them in the unslung firmware.

[hugo]

So basicaly we still have a binary/lib difference between the packages, and we still have to compile them? or can we run the binary directly if set up on correct folders?

[Oleg]

So basicaly we still have a binary/lib difference between the packages, and we still have to compile them? or can we run the binary directly if set up on correct folders?

You could run openwrt binaries as well. For this to work you need to make chroot environment, i.e. mount openwrt rootfs and chroot to it. That's all. You should be able to use most of the openwrt packages after that.

[hugo]

You could run openwrt binaries as well. For this to work you need to make chroot environment, i.e. mount openwrt rootfs and chroot to it. That's all. You should be able to use most of the openwrt packages after that.

I never though about it, even if I'm doing this with debian for month now. I'm going to trash me for a few minute out of shame

[hugo]

maybe a small bug?

[admin@wl-hdd bin]$ ipkg.sh update
mkdir: Cannot create directory `/opt/lib/': Read-only file system

[Oleg]

maybe a small bug?

[admin@wl-hdd bin]$ ipkg.sh update
mkdir: Cannot create directory `/opt/lib/': Read-only file system

No, this is not a bug, you will need to mount /opt first. BTW, small example for FAT16/32 users is follows:

# create 64M file on the harddisk
dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/harddisk/opt.ext3 bs=1048576 count=64
# make an ext3 fs on it (answer yes when asked)
mke2fs -j /tmp/harddisk/opt.ext3 
# mount it
mount -text3 -oloop,noatime /tmp/harddisk/opt.ext3 /opt

You now have 64M /opt for packages. Add this line to post-mount to mount it on startup

#!/bin/sh
mount -text3 -oloop,noatime /tmp/harddisk/opt.ext3 /opt

installing packages (install real ipkg first):

ipkg.sh update
ipkg.sh install ipkg

Once done:

echo "src unslung http://wl500g.dyndns.org/unslung" >> /opt/etc/ipkg.conf
ipkg update
ipkg list

[hugo]

Must I use a loop filesystem, or can I directly use my HD ext3 partition? Any performance issue?

[mullog]

Hi I followed your instructions but I get the following error when trying to do
ipkg.sh update



Downloading http://wl500g.dyndns.org/ipkg/Packages ...
wget: //opt/tmp/ipkg/Packages: No such file or directory
ipkg_download: ERROR: Failed to retrieve http://wl500g.dyndns.org/ipkg/Packages, returning
ipkg_update: Error downloading http://wl500g.dyndns.org/ipkg/Packages to /opt/lib/ipkg/lists/wl500g

Any Ideas?
has anyone tested the mt-daapd package? any chance that it would work
http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Unslung/Mt-daapd
and thx for the great work.

#!/bin/sh
mount -text3 -oloop,noatime /tmp/harddisk/opt.ext3 /opt

installing packages (install real ipkg first):

ipkg.sh update
ipkg.sh install ipkg

Once done:

echo "src unslung http://wl500g.dyndns.org/unslung" >> /opt/etc/ipkg.conf
ipkg update
ipkg list

[Theo]

Just a small question in between. Is this 'range problem' solved in the latest CR4 release? I searched through the forum but couldn't find any info.

regards,
Theo.