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

[Aryanto Rachmad]

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?