add cautionary note about flashing from openwrt
h/t matthewcroughan, thank you for your service
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Flashing from OpenWrt (untested)
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If your device is running OpenWrt then it probably has the
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:command:`mtd` command installed and you can use it as follows:
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.. code-block:: console
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mtd -r write /tmp/firmware_image.bin firmware
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For more information, please see the `OpenWrt manual <https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/sysupgrade.cli>`_ which may also contain (hardware-dependent) instructions on how to flash an image using the vendor firmware - perhaps even from a web interface.
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Flashing from the boot monitor
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Flashing from the boot monitor
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the device again and it will boot from the old image.
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the device again and it will boot from the old image.
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Flashing from OpenWrt (not currently advised!)
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.. CAUTION:: At your own risk! This may in some circumstances lead to
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bricking the device: we think this flash method is currently
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incompatible with use of a writeable (jffs2) filesystem.
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If your device is running OpenWrt then it probably has the
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:command:`mtd` command installed. After transferring the image onto the
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device using e.g. :command:`ssh`, you can run it as follows:
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.. code-block:: console
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mtd -r write /tmp/firmware.bin firmware
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For more information, please see the `OpenWrt manual <https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/sysupgrade.cli>`_ which may also contain (hardware-dependent) instructions on how to flash an image using the vendor firmware - perhaps even from a web interface.
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Building the RAM-based image
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Building the RAM-based image
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