Hi Waldemar,

 || On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:41:58 +0100
 || Waldemar Brodkorb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 

 >> So nothing except ping works. This looks like the failsafe mode is
 >> defective or the documentation is wrong.

 wb> There is one problem with failsafe on jffs2 root filesystem. If
 wb> you accidently remove or corrupt the ip or nvram utility on jffs2
 wb> filesystem, then your installation is unrecoverable.

I very certaily did not touch the ip or nvram utilities, only screwed
up the /etc/network/interfaces.


 >> on the devices? Could you per chance provide an image that (when
 >> flashed onto the devices) could do this job as an alternative
 >> resort for when the failsafe mode fails?

 wb> The best solution in this case, is just to install the original
 wb> firmware from Asus. This will delete all components of FreeWRT.
 wb> After that you can start with a fresh installation from scratch.

Ah. Could have thought of that myself. Thanks a lot for the pointer.


 wb> Please report back if you have used jffs2 as root. Otherwise I
 wb> will be very surprised.

In that case I may have a surprise for you, here is the start of the
.config file:

#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
#
MODULES=y
FWRT_HAVE_DOT_CONFIG=y
FWRT_mipsel=y
FWRT_ARCH="mipsel"
FWRT_WGET="wget --passive-ftp -nd"
FWRT_JLEVEL=1
FWRT_LINUX_2_4_BRCM=y

#
# Target system (Broadcom)
#
# FWRT_LINUX_2_4_BRCM_ASUS_WL500G is not set
# FWRT_LINUX_2_4_BRCM_ASUS_WL500G_DELUXE is not set
FWRT_LINUX_2_4_BRCM_ASUS_WL500G_PREMIUM=y
# FWRT_LINUX_2_4_BRCM_LINKSYS_WRT54G_1_0 is not set
# FWRT_LINUX_2_4_BRCM_LINKSYS_WRT54G_1_1 is not set
# FWRT_LINUX_2_4_BRCM_LINKSYS_WRT54G_2_0 is not set
# FWRT_LINUX_2_4_BRCM_LINKSYS_WRT54G_2_2 is not set
# FWRT_LINUX_2_4_BRCM_LINKSYS_WRT54G_3_0 is not set
# FWRT_LINUX_2_4_BRCM_LINKSYS_WRT54G_3_1 is not set
# FWRT_LINUX_2_4_BRCM_LINKSYS_WRT54G_4 is not set
# FWRT_LINUX_2_4_BRCM_LINKSYS_WRT54GS_1_0 is not set
# FWRT_LINUX_2_4_BRCM_LINKSYS_WRT54GS_1_1 is not set
# FWRT_LINUX_2_4_BRCM_LINKSYS_WRT54GS_4 is not set
# FWRT_LINUX_2_4_BRCM_LINKSYS_WRT54GL is not set
# FWRT_LINUX_2_4_BRCM_LINKSYS_WRT54G3G is not set
# FWRT_LINUX_2_4_BRCM_NETGEAR_WGT634U is not set
# FWRT_TARGET_ROOTFS_JFFS2 is not set
# FWRT_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_SYMLINKS is not set
FWRT_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_OVERLAY=y

Regards,
Georg

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