I have tried to install for 2 weeks. There are some links all over the internet. But I didn't succeed. I hope someone here can point me how to install it successfully.
What I tried to accomplish: Install openwrt on a Pentium 4 PC
Machine information:
CPU: Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Controller: Serial ATA Port: SATA-0 (manufacturer Maxtor)
What I have done step by step:
1. Using ubuntu 12.04 CD to boot the machine, I don't install but using "Try Ubuntu"
2. Once machine is up, open firefox browser to download backfire 10.03 x86 openwrt-x86-ext2.image.gz to local say: /tmp, the link address is: http://downloads.openwrt.org/backfire/1 … 2.image.gz
3. Under /tmp, do:
gunzip openwrt-x86-ext2.image.gz
which generates openwrt-x86-ext2.image
4. using command:
dd if=openwrt-x86-ext2.image of=/dev/sda
5. Reboot the machine
After reboot, I do see the boot loader message where I chose "OpenWrt", the boot log information appears, eventually it stuck at:
...
e100: eth0 NIC Link is UP 100 Mbps Full Duplex
ne2k-pci.c: v1.03 9/22/2003 D. Becher/P. Gortmaker
device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
br-lan: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding state
pcnet32.c: v1.35 21.Apr.2008 tsbogend@alpha.franken.de
sis900.c: v1.08.10 Apr. 2 2006
via-rhine.c: v1.10-LK1.4.3 2007-03-06 Written by Donal Becker
Do you guys know why my installation is stuck? Is there any document on installing openwrt on a PC? I tried https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=20478 but unfortunately it didn't work for me. I felt most of the documents I found online is like this one. It didn't work and felt like lots of interior information was omitted.
Thanks.
(Last edited by webinfinite on 10 Nov 2013, 22:10)