ExtremeFiretop
Very Senior Member
I am wondering what failsafes are in place if the router crashes during a automated update? I saw @RMerlin mentioned the dual partition failsafe, but are there any other concerns that may need to be addressed before users consider using this script?
The same risks and safeties are in play as a regular firmware update once the update has actually started.
Memory management is handled with the script itself. Incase it detects it's getting low on RAM pre-flash in the preparation steps, so it's unlikely to have any issues pre-flash.
Friendly reminder the flash is using the same process with the same safeguards you and I use when we flash through the WebUI.
If it somehow crashed through the flash, it would of been a fairly large failure of the firmware itself, not of the script.
Same recovery steps would apply in either case of either 1. Factory resetting or 2. Using the ASUS recovery tool to do a Rescue Mode restore.
Again, in my months of developing this, the worst that's ever happened to me is the flash didn't start at the WebUI stage and was rejected and refreshed the page or logged out.
But again, to be safe we always recommend setting up BACKUPMON beforehand.
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