suuhm / quick-extroot-openwrt.sh

Easy and fast shell script to create an Openwrt extroot on your USB stick

quick-extroot-openwrt.sh

Easy and fast shell script to create an extroot on your Storage devives to extend the space on your Openwrt devices.

How to run the script:

1. First put your wished Storage-Device (USB Stick / USB HDD etc.) in the OpenWRT.

2. Now, simply run these two lines on your serial/ssh console:

opkg update ; opkg install libustream-mbedtls && \
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/suuhm/quick-extroot-openwrt.sh/main/quick-extroot.sh -qO- | \
sh -s -- --create-extroot 

3. Finally reboot your device and enjoy extroot.

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Alternatively you can just clone the project or copy/paste the file to your ssh console

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Functions:

• --create-extroot <dev> Creating the extroot on your Device (Replace eg. /dev/sda)
• --create-swap <dev> Creating swap device on Device (Replace eg. /dev/sda)
• --set-opkg2er Set up opkg package source list to extroot
• --fixup-extroot <dev> For some cases this may help you to fix up your Extroot

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If you have some questions and ideas write an issue

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quick-extroot-openwrt.sh's Issues

it's normal this folder structure?

hi, i tried your script on my router, but in ssh console i get this:

repetable folder structure,this is normal?