It looks like the 4.2.2 Beta1 on GL-X750 will not find/mount SD card to be used as /overlay (extroot) on LuCi.
As updating to 4.2.2 will leave us with almost no extra storage on GL-X750 to install extra plugin or features like AstroRelay, it is becoming crucial to be able to mount SD card and use it as extroot (/overlay).
looks like it doesn’t find SD card in the “Mounted file systems”.
any ideas?
That’s correct.
In 3.215 & 3.216, all needed to do after this stage was to Save&Apply, then Reboot the router to have the SD card as /overlay extroot storage.
But in 4.2.2 Beta1, after Reboot, nothing is happening. It will show the SD card in your screenshot, but it does nothing to apply it as /overlay.
As you can see it shows SD card in Mount Points and you can set as /overlay, but after reboot, it doesn’t show as “mounted” in “Mounted file systems”, and it doesn’t activate the extroot.
Is it something can be fixed in the next Snapshot build?
until this issue is not fixed that we can install extra storage as extroot (/overlay), the functionality of these devices, specially Spitz with less than 2MB of usable storage after update, is extremely limited.
Yes ywp, exactly I am following the instructions. On 19.07 it works without any issue, but on 4.3.2 build of Spitz, it just doesn’t seem to work at all.
In fact, it fails to install kmod-fs-ext4! here is the log:
So, please tell me what can options do I have? I can’t seem to get USB storage recognized as extroot. Plus, I really need to install a module which can only be installed on version 22, plus Spitz with its 16MB memory and only less than 2MB of internal storage after upgrading to 4.3.2 (22.03) would have way too short memory for that module, so I really need that extra storage.
So, should I install the generic openwrt firmware? (which I am sure it wouldn’t be hassle-free either to get it up and running)