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usb_formatting_with_swap_partition [2022/01/02 15:16] – [Automatic method] rs232usb_formatting_with_swap_partition [2022/01/05 06:14] rs232
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 For this example, we used a 16GB USB flash drive which is seen in the system as device **sda**. For this example, we used a 16GB USB flash drive which is seen in the system as device **sda**.
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 +**VERY IMPORTANT!** The filesystem you're going to be choosing must support symbolic-links e.g. exfat(vfat) doesn't so entware will not work on it.
  
  
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 device=/dev/sda device=/dev/sda
 partition=$device'1' partition=$device'1'
 +swappartition=$device'2'
 nvram set usb_automount="0" nvram set usb_automount="0"
 (echo o; echo n; echo p; echo 2; echo ; echo +1000M; echo t; echo 82; echo n; echo p; echo 1; echo ; echo ; echo w) | fdisk $device (echo o; echo n; echo p; echo 2; echo ; echo +1000M; echo t; echo 82; echo n; echo p; echo 1; echo ; echo ; echo w) | fdisk $device
-# Uncomment the preferred option here below: +mkfs.ext2 -L usb $partion 
-mkfs.ext2 -L usb $partion +mkswap -L swap $swappartion
-# mkfs.vfat -n usb $partion +
-mkswap -L swap /dev/sda2+
 swapon swap swapon swap
-mkdir /mnt/sda1 && mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1+mkdir /mnt/usb && mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb
 nvram set usb_automount="1" nvram set usb_automount="1"
  
usb_formatting_with_swap_partition.txt · Last modified: 2024/06/17 19:25 by hogwild