Issue trying to install Entware through SSH

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Farizno
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 1:20    Post subject: Issue trying to install Entware through SSH Reply with quote
Hello,

I am rather inexperienced with DD-WRT and Linux so please forgive my ignorance.

I am trying to set up a USB hard drive on my Linksys WRT3200ACM. First I am trying to install Entware and then I will install Samba so that I can use it as a NAS. I am running DD-WRT v3.0-r39144 std (03/11/19).

I have formatted the drive as NTFS as instructed in the Entware installation instructions here: https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Adding_Software_Packages_using_Entware-3X#Package_Installation

The drive is attached to my router, I have core USB support, USB Storage support, and automatic drive mount enabled.

When I SSH into the router and use the command from the instructions above
Code:
wget http://bin.entware.net/armv7sf-k3.2/installer/generic.sh

I keep getting an error that states wget: can't open 'generic.sh' Read-only file system.

Can anyone tell me how to fix this issue? Is it something with the SSH connection parameters that is restricting me? I am using Putty.

Thank you.
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Farizno
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 3:29    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks eibgrad.

I was in the /opt directory as it instructs you to do in the Entware wiki, so I will venture to guess that is a read only directory. I think this may be a moot point if there is an easier way to enable the USB drive for accessing on the network. I dont necessarily need Entware.

I tried a few different settings under the USB tab and the NAS tab, but I still cannot see the drive from the computers on the network. I will have to dive deeper to get a better understanding of how to set it up.

Thanks for your help.
Farizno
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 3:44    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks again for the information. You have been very helpful, as always. I appreciate it.
kudzero
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 14:15    Post subject: Reply with quote
Farizno wrote:
Thanks again for the information. You have been very helpful, as always. I appreciate it.


The Entware 3x/ng repos have depreciated and are no longer maintained. They have now merged to a single repo that can be found at

https://github.com/Entware/Entware

As stated before you want your router to mount the usb drive at boot automatically pointing to /opt

When you can ssh to the router and land on the root of your usb drive with the "cd /opt" command you can install Entware. run the pwd command to make sure you arent still in the routers internal memory, I've had /opt mount there once for some reason. If that's the case navigate to your usb drive manually, the path should be something like /tmp/mnt/sda1/opt and save the "generic.sh" install script there.

Also, your usb drive needs to be formatted as ext3 or ext4 to function properly, not ntfs, and a 500mb swap file might help too. Ntfs isn't native to linux but can be read after entware is installed and the appropriate packages have been installed.

Assuming you have a dual core router you'd run the following three commands.
cd /opt
wget http://bin.entware.net/armv7sf-k3.2/installer/generic.sh
sh generic.sh

If you have a single core router check the wiki for the correct version.

https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Installing_Entware
Farizno
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 16:05    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for the assistance Kudzero. I think I was trying to over-complicate things by installing Entware because I was able to get the USB mounted and recognized by DD-WRT using the options in the GUI under the USB and NAS tabs. For what I was trying to do, it wasn't as complicated as I had initially thought it would be.

Thanks for looking at this and the assistance with Entware. In the future, I may still want to install it and if I do, I will follow your recommendations.
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