[debian-non-standard] 2.6.30 kernel for ASUS WL-500g*

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Aryanto Rachmad wrote:
> Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
>> No, with ASUS WL-500g* (and most, if not all similar routers) it is 
>> not possible to boot the kernel directly from a USB-stick (or USB hard 
>> disk).
>>
>> Here, we flash the kernel on device's internal flash.
>>
>> Then, when the device boots, the bootloader reads the kernel and 
>> executes it. Later, the kernel continues to boot userspace from a 
>> USB-stick (or hard disk).
>>
>>
> So it is basically like the way Openwrt boots, but it remains getting 
> everything from the Flash. I tried (again a few years back) to use an 
> "init" script, to be executed after the USB hard disk is mounted, but it 
> didn't work. Because somehow the kernel was still searching for 
> something in the Flash instead of the USB hard disk. So I thought we 
> should load the kernel from the USB disk as I mentioned before. So could 
> you please explain in more detail how to switch to the USB hard disk 
> during the booting?

CONFIG_CMDLINE="root=/dev/sda1 rootdelay=10 console=ttyS0,115200"


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