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WARNING: This document may contain errors which may result in damage to your router. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. | WARNING: This document may contain errors which may result in damage to your router. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. | ||
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===== Introduction ===== | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
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The La Fonera is somewhat different than the other devices listed here. First, it uses an atheros wireless device, and second you must access the RedBoot bootloader to install OpenWrt/ | The La Fonera is somewhat different than the other devices listed here. First, it uses an atheros wireless device, and second you must access the RedBoot bootloader to install OpenWrt/ | ||
- | The easiest way to install on a La Fonera is to use the FonFlash utility available in the download section to automatically upload the firmware on to the router. | + | The easiest way to install on a La Fonera is to use the [[fon_flash|FonFlash]] utility available in the download section to automatically upload the firmware on to the router. |
Read the instructions below carefully before proceeding. For the purpose of these instructions it is assumed you are running linux (or another unix variant) on your local machine and that you have some knowledge of how to configure your network and network services. | Read the instructions below carefully before proceeding. For the purpose of these instructions it is assumed you are running linux (or another unix variant) on your local machine and that you have some knowledge of how to configure your network and network services. | ||
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Once you are in, execute the commands listed below in the order listed below. Replace 192.168.1.3 on the first line with the ip of your local machine running the web server, if you configured it to have a different ip. Be aware that the "fis create" | Once you are in, execute the commands listed below in the order listed below. Replace 192.168.1.3 on the first line with the ip of your local machine running the web server, if you configured it to have a different ip. Be aware that the "fis create" | ||
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+ | The length of the rootfs (6F0000) is calculated: | ||
+ | (start of fis directory) - (kernel size in hex) - (end of RedBoot)\\ | ||
+ | Check your flash partitions with "fis list" | ||
+ | For Gargoyle 1.4.7 the kernel is D0000, and I calculated: | ||
+ | A87E0000 - D0000 - A8030000 = 6E0000 (ymmv)\\ | ||
+ | so the value below has to be corrected for 1.4.7, else expect an error when creating the kernel part later. | ||
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