[isf-wifidog] OpenWRT ISF bin install

[Benoit Grégoire]

On Tuesday 17 May 2005 10:39, Patrick Dinnen wrote:
> Thank you Phillipe, your instructions worked great. I rebooted after
> succesfully TFTPing the ISF v2.2 OpenWRT bin to the router, then held
> the reset button for 2 seconds (and only 2 seconds) once the DMZ light
> came on - everything's working now.
>
> Also, not sure if this is relevant/expected, as an experiement I
> re-installed an 'official' Linksys firmware by TFTPing and then
> installed the ISF OpenWRT image over the top of that and did not
> experience the same problem. Not sure if it was something about going
> from the experimental OpenWRT image to the ISF OpenWRT image that was
> causing my problems perhaps.

The reason that worked is that the linksys firmware completely wipes most of 
the flash with a read-only filesystem while openwrt does not.  Not detecting 
a previous rw filesystem, Openwrt assumed it was safe (and essential) to run 
fiirstboot automatically.
-- 
Benoit Grégoire, http://benoitg.coeus.ca/
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