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Hi @all....
i'm very new here. I just want to know, if OpenWRT will run on normal x86 hardware. i looked around and found some posts - some geeks were recompiling OpenWRT to run on a normal PC.
Is there a easy way to install it (just from your binary) ??? Is it possible to test as an VMWare?
Sorry for my bad english!
you can use http://ipkg.k1k2.de/x86/openwrt-x86-2.6-ext2.image on a 686 pc.
for the rep use http://ipkg.k1k2.de/x86/packages
there are also (not on my url) ready build vm-player images.
have fun.
Sorry to wake an old thread, but I'm trying the same as the original poster and I've found images to use on x86, just no instructions how to actually put them on the harddisk.
I've tried dd if=openwrt-x86-2.6-ext2.image of=/dev/hda1 with no luck. Any tips please? 
I haven't toyed with the x86 target in a while, but if I recall correctly the image is a full drive image (including grub)
If so, the correct command would be
dd if=openwrt-x86-2.6-ext2.image of=/dev/hdaAha! That would explain a lot 
Thanks!
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