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Topic: Installation Method for Linksys EA4500

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Post #26
mathieubonesso
12 Jan 2016, 22:16

Hi joni,

To resolve the bug on reboot cmd with chaos calmer on the router

power on the router with chaos calmer ( as you do it by power it off )

Put back your USB stick in the router with openwrt-15.05-kirkwood-ea4500-uImage on it

mkdir /sda1 && mount /dev/sda1 /sda1 && cd /sda1

mtd erase kernel ( this is propably optional but to make sure it's the right one )
mtd write openwrt-15.05-kirkwood-ea4500-uImage kernel
fw_setenv bootcmd run owrt_boot'   ( remove the part for usb boot cmd )
fw_setenv owrt_boot 'nand read.e ${loadaddr} 0x200000 0x200000; setenv bootargs $(console) ubi.mtd=3 root=ubi0:rootfs rootfstype=ubifs rw; bootm ${loadaddr}'
fw_setenv auto_recovery no
reboot

now you will be able the reboot from cli or gui without the need of power it off

Sorry for my English ...

thanks for your post it help me

and from my side the wifi is good only miss some channels on 5ghz but I thing there is some work around

Thanks for your post it help me

Post #27
wrtboy
11 Apr 2016, 07:19
leitec wrote:

If you're running something from my old Github repo or DD snapshot it will work. I've tested it several times with the original FW_<whatever>.SSA images. I don't think the Candyhouse OpenWrt supported sysupgrade at all, though.

hi claudio, can you confirm that one can safely revert back to stock linksys by flashing the original linksys FW_<whatever>.SSA directly from the candyhouse cc firmware?  thanks

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