I am trying to install a stock OpenWrt on an external micro SD card and then modify the fstab and boot from it. By doing this setup, if I want to switch back to GL’s firmware, I can simply remove the SD card and reboot. But, I faced few issues:
There is no stock OpenWrt firmware for GL-X3000? The closest I could find with the same mediatek chip is GL-MT3000. But when I installed it it gave me different filesystem structure.
There is no stock OpenWrt firmware for GL-X3000? The closest I could find with the same mediatek chip is GL-MT3000. But when I installed it it gave me different filesystem structure.
–>It can’t use MT3000 firmware for X3000.X3000 is EMMC img,MT3000 is Nand img.
Can I install a stock OpenWrt firmware on external SD card with the same exact filesystem structure used by GL?
→ The hardware dictates that it can only use EMMC to boot.If you need expand root filesystem.You can refer:[OpenWrt Wiki] Extroot configuration
Can GL engineers provide us with ImageBuilder or provide a stock latest OpenWrt that works on external storage ?
→ Not yet. The latest Openwrt requires driver support.ImageBuilder:GitHub - gl-inet/glbuilder