> A month or so ago i installed openwrt and a number of packages and setup
> everything with rootfs on my usb external HDD. Now i'd like to update my
> copy of openwrt with the newest build and presumably this would involve
> recompiling it. Just wonder, can i update it it without losing my settings
> and packages installed?
AFAIK, no. Hopefully someone will prove me wrong.
What I try to do is the following:
- try to only modify files in /etc/config (not always possible,
e.g. /etc/passwd).
- if I have to modify a file outside /etc/config, then try and modify
it in the OpenWRT source from which you build the firmware, so the
same change will be applied to the next firmware I build.
That doesn't solve all problems, but I find it's a good start to
maintain sanity. Still, OpenWRT's story w.r.t upgrading a system is not
its strongest point.
Stefan
_______________________________________________
openwrt-users mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users
