Image for uboot

Surfer2010 · 2022-08-30T21:25:02.449Z

Hello, is it possible to create an image of my gl inet router with all settings i can upload in uboot to recover to the same state as now?
How would this be done

yuxin.zou · 2022-08-31T02:12:56.912Z

If you just need to restore your settings, you can use the system → backup/store page in LuCI.
If you need to install all the additional packages quickly, I think you need to compile the firmware yourself.

wcs2228 · 2022-08-31T02:42:30.632Z

There are some ideas in this thread on cloning GL.iNet routers:

Bulk flashing process Technical Support for Routers

Hi everybody, We are considering using these routers for client site rollouts, but find them quite annoying to setup in bulk. You first have to log in and change passwords, then connect to internet, potentially do a firmware update, then install Luci, then get into the admin interface and do a config restore. Is there a quicker way? Perhaps using an SSH flashing tool or something? Thanks

Surfer2010 · 2022-08-31T05:44:27.423Z

What i want is to totally restore it from one backup file. On the road i don’t want to install packages and so on that’s the point.
No internet, so all packages should be with the backup

eric · 2022-08-31T15:30:25.768Z

On the road, I don’t upgrade my router’s firmware. When updating firmware, there is always the chance of bricking the router, and I really don’t want to be trying to use uboot in a hotel room, and too many times I have had to resort to uboot while upgrading GL iNet routers. While I’m on the road, the most important thing for a travel router is: “It just works”.

Surfer2010 · 2022-09-02T06:02:02.488Z

Sorry maybe i missled you guys.

The problem i have with the GL-X750v2 router is, i want to use it in greece and half a year ago i had original openwrt running on it, and it did not constantly connect to lte for whatever reason. (Same sim card in smartphone at same spot worked).
So this time i am trying the original firmware of gl on it. Both (openwrt and gl firmware) work perfectly in germany.
Now i want to be able to swith back and forth between the two to try in greece with maybe no internet availability and a person using it not very capable of working on it beside doing a uboot image file upload.
So that is why i am asking if there is a way to totaly backup/copy/create an image file to put on and it works. Also for a second device as backup f.e. later on after proof of concept.
Like using clonezilla or rsync the /etc folder or whatever