Install Entware into /jffs

[user2k10]

Is it possible to install Entware into /jffs rather than an external USB drive or maybe it is too big >32 MB?

Thanks

 

[DSwit]

Entware is larger than 70megs with nano and transmission installed.

 

[Grump]

Yes it is, I'm doing it right now. It's been a while but I think this is the jist of it...

Make a path in /jffs

mkdir -p /jffs/asusware

Symlink /opt to it (place this in /jffs/scripts/services-start too)

ln -s /jffs/asusware /tmp/opt

Then run these;

cd /opt
wget -O - http://entware.wl500g.info/binaries/entware/installer/entware_install.sh | sh

A base install is only a few MB. I have 27 packages installed so far;
/dev/mtdblock5 32.0M 10.5M 21.5M 33% /jffs

And here's how to install optware to jffs; http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/forums/showthread.php?p=110094

 

[user2k10]

Yes it is, I'm doing it right now. It's been a while but I think this is the jist of it...

Make a path in /jffs

mkdir -p /jffs/asusware

Symlink /opt to it (place this in /jffs/scripts/services-start too)

ln -s /jffs/asusware /tmp/opt

Then run these;

cd /opt
wget -O - http://entware.wl500g.info/binaries/entware/installer/entware_install.sh | sh

A base install is only a few MB. I have 27 packages installed so far;
/dev/mtdblock5 32.0M 10.5M 21.5M 33% /jffs

And here's how to install optware to jffs; http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/forums/showthread.php?p=110094

Thank you!

 

[XIII]

I'd like to try this, but how safe is such a setup for flash memory?

/opt/tmp and /opt/var will now point to jffs; won't that wear our the flash memory?