Changes for page Openwrt for Linksys EA8100
Last modified by Leon Poon on 2021/07/16 18:40
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... ... @@ -21,8 +21,12 @@ 21 21 22 22 If you are on my 18.x below, sysupgrading to a 19.07 image will not work. You have to manually mtd write the 19.07 "kernel-initramfs.bin" into the nand and boot/log into it (192.168.1.1), then sysupgrade. 23 23 24 -Sysupgrade from 19.07.x to another 19.07.y will work. You can also upgrade via LuCI. **HOWEVER:**upgrading will wipe entire firmware partitions! Backup your files/config before sysupgrade.24 +Sysupgrade from 19.07.x to another 19.07.y will work. You can also upgrade via LuCI. 25 25 26 +{{warning}} 27 +Upgrading images will wipe entire firmware partitions! Backup your files/config before sysupgrade. It will reset router ip to 192.168.1.1. 28 +{{/warning}} 29 + 26 26 --**Images do not contain LuCi! (The build process doesn't include it for some reason I have not yet time to figure out.)** You need to have the **squashfs-sysupgrade.bin** flashed, then install LuCI. (See instructions below.)-- 27 27 28 28 --The EA8100 contains 2 firmware partitions. Using the Linksys UI will flash openwrt into only one of the 2 partitions. The booting process switches partition every few boots, so if you want to always boot into openwrt then you have to flash openwrt into both partitions.--