Expansion of Omega 2 memory with USB or microSD memory card

[Vadim K.]

• Firmware 0.1.9 or higher

opkg update
opkg install e2fsprogs
opkg install block-mount
umount /dev/<device name> /mnt (where <device name> = sda1 or mmcblk0p1, USB = sda1 / sd = mmcblk0p1)
mkfs.ext4 /dev/<device name>
mount /dev/<device name> /mnt/ ; tar -C /overlay -cvf - . | tar -C /mnt/ -xf - ; umount /mnt/
block detect > /etc/config/fstab
replace in file /etc/config/fstab
option target '/mnt/<device name>' -> option target '/overlay'
option enabled '0' -> '1'
reboot

[Alexei Kos]

Thanks man. Or im blind, or i didnt find this in the doc.

[Maximilian Gerhardt]

@Alexei-Kos https://docs.onion.io/omega2-docs/boot-from-external-storage.html

[Alexei Kos]

@Maximilian-Gerhardt my bad. Thanks.

[CAP 33]

@Vadim-K.
Keep in mind! Updating or reflashing the firmware will undo the pivot-overlay process!