Move root filesystem to SD card

[bcastaing]

Hi there, how can I move the root filesystem from USB key to SD card.
I previously moved the file system from flash to USB key using the doc below and now I would like to move the filesystem to SD card but it fails.

[OpenWrt Wiki] Extroot configuration

Is there an other solution ?
Thanks

[bruce]

Moving to the SD card is also a similar configuration with USB disk, just the path needs to be modified to the path of the SD card.

You can reset the firmware first and then do moving configuration.

Check the SD card mounted path through df -h.

[bcastaing]

If I backup the config then factory reset then restore, what about all the packages I added ? They will be downloaded after the restore ?

[bruce]

If factory reset, the plugins you installed will be lost, please not only backup the configurations, but also remember what plugins you have installed.

or you can check the plugins list by:

HOW-TO: Script: List My OPKGs (to a file for backup)

Keywords: backup, opkg, plugins, list, howto, script, shell, luci, restore, ipk, tarball, conf Description List user’s (your) installed packages, writing them to a text file that can be used to reinstall the binaries of what a user manually installed. The resulting .list file will be use to opkg install to pull from the feeds. That is done with two commands in one execution. The GL GUI doesn’t feature a backup function. Creating & restoring a backup achieve (.tar.gz, aka tarball) of all your…

[bcastaing]

Thanx very much