No disk space after firmware restore

dgravesphi · 2019-06-12T22:45:41.864Z

I locked myself out of an AR300M and did the 6 second reset to show firmware mode and uploaded new firmware. 2 times now on 2 different devices the space dropped from the 100mb to 6mb this device has a 16 + 128 configuration. The first time I thought I had received a bad device, the second time however I was paying more attention and am not sure how to get the space back.

dgravesphi · 2019-06-12T22:48:44.784Z

Filesystem                Size      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root                 8.0M      8.0M         0 100% /rom
tmpfs                    61.1M    268.0K     60.8M   0% /tmp
/dev/mtdblock5            6.3M    356.0K      5.9M   6% /overlay
overlayfs:/overlay        6.3M    356.0K      5.9M   6% /
tmpfs                   512.0K         0    512.0K   0% /dev

/dev/root on /rom type squashfs (ro,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime)
/dev/mtdblock5 on /overlay type jffs2 (rw,noatime)
overlayfs:/overlay on / type overlay (rw,noatime,lowerdir=/,upperdir=/overlay/upper,workdir=/overlay/work)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=512k,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,mode=600)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,noatime)

jeffsf · 2019-06-12T22:51:27.362Z

dgravesphi:

/dev/mtdblock5 on /overlay type jffs2 (rw,noatime)

You’re booted from NOR flash.

https://docs.gl-inet.com/en/2/hardware/ar300m/#using-firmware describes how to switch back to NAND firmware.

With NAND flash, that line should look something like

/dev/ubi0_1 on /overlay type ubifs (rw,noatime,assert=read-only,ubi=0,vol=1)

note “ubi” and “ubifs” instead of “mtdblock” and “jffs2”

Edit: The GL.iNet boot loader likely detected three “failed boots” and switched over to NOR boot so that you could access the device. Many people, including I, consider this a good feature, though it requires a sharp eye to see the change. I miss it myself on several devices I work with, GL.iNet and otherwise.

dgravesphi · 2019-06-12T23:25:10.490Z

Thanks, That fixed it.