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Credit Lazar for helping me sort out the sed section.
@Chris-McCaslin shell version:
opkg update
opkg install block-mount kmod-fs-ext4 kmod-usb-storage-extras
if [ ! -d "/mnt/sda1" ]; then
mkdir /mnt/sda1
fi
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt ; tar -C /overlay -cvf - . | tar -C /mnt -xf - ; umount /mnt
block detect > /etc/config/fstab
cat /etc/config/fstab | sed -e 's//mnt/sda1//overlay/' -e "s/enabled[[:space:]]*'0'/enabled '1'/" | tee /tmp/fstab

cp /tmp/fstab /etc/config/fstab

@Neil-Kolban Have not yet read your books, time constraints. Stopped playing with the omega due to the lack of response here from the vendor and to be honest the few that seem to think they walk on water when the respond to questions.
Having said that the book would be great for those that like doing this stuff as a hobby but the restriction would be changes to the book to match changes in the product. Ebook would address this and keep it current.
If I do break out and dust off the Omega it would be nice to find answers in your book to a fast and quick ramp up.

What ever happened to the direct attach camera as was the intent by the offering of a small camera which was supposed to be directly attachable to the Omega rather then using USB camera?

@Nayan Yes the competition is heating up and I for one am very happy with the option.

@Nayan Sounds like we are on the same page. Omega sits as bridge connecting to AP via wifi and ethernet expansion module has switch plugged into it allowing both sides to reside on 192.168.1.0/24 network. Of course DHCP requests to be passed through Omega (bridge) to the DHCP server. Looking forward to comparing notes.

@Chris-Ward and it appears it is well priced.

The MediaTek LinkIt Smart 7688 and 7688 Duo development boards are available to ship globally from Seeed Studio today. The LinkIt Smart 7688 costs $12.90, while the LinkIt Smart 7688 Duo costs $15.90.

If the tutorial is understood correctly there are two ways to achieve the
bridging of the Wired Ethernet to the Wireless Ethernet.

"There are several ways to do so, one of the ways is to modify the firewall configuration."
"There is another tutorial (as I said)"

The first of which is modifying the /etc/config/network file.
The second is modifying the /etc/config/firewall config file.
We will go with the first example.
Before getting to the above there is a 'link' in the tutorial
guiding you to setup the Omega Wifi. They are preliminary steps
to connect to AP on the Omega and select Wireless LAN to connect to.
Here are the steps followed.

Connect Omega with WiFi AP

Connect, in my case, the Desktop PC to the wireless AP on the Omega.
Once complete, using the browser connect to the Omega Console select
settings>Wifi Settings>Enable WiFI>Add WiFi Network.
Alternatively if the browser fails to connect setup the serial port
connection shown below.

Setting up using Command Line – Windows
Download and install the Silicon Labs CP2102 driver for Windows.
Run wifisetup in the serial terminal, and follow the prompt to
connect the Omega to your Wi-Fi network.

# wifisetup

Run oupgrade in the serial terminal, this will update the Omega to the latest firmware.

Now we are going to do is to first enable the Omega's ethernet connection via
network coinfig file.

Uncomment the following and add option hostname 'OnionOmega'

config interface 'wan' 
   option ifname 'eth0' 
   option proto 'dhcp'   
   option hostname 'OnionOmega'
   
# /etc/init.d/network restart

Following the restart SHOW RESULTS OF ifconfig -a command below.

# ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 40:A3:6B:C1:19:XX
          inet6 addr: fe80::42a3:6bff:fec1:19XX/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:6727 (6.5 KiB)
          Interrupt:4

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:3024 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3024 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:205632 (200.8 KiB)  TX bytes:205632 (200.8 KiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 40:A3:6B:C1:19:F4
          inet addr:192.168.3.1  Bcast:192.168.3.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::42a3:6bff:fec1:19f4/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:197 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:233 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:21536 (21.0 KiB)  TX bytes:36555 (35.6 KiB)

The next step is to try to bridge the wireless internet connection with ethernet connection.
YOU CAN MERELY UNCOMMENT TH SECTION BELOW IN THE NETWORK CONFIG FILE.
You can merely uncomment the section shown below in the network config file.

config interface 'lan'
  option ifname 'eth0' 
  option type 'bridge'
  option proto 'static'
  option ipaddr '192.168.3.1'
  option netmask '255.255.255.0'
  option ip6assign '60'

Reboot

Here are the results of the ifconfig command after uncommenting the above lines.

ifconfig
br-lan    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 40:A3:6B:C1:19:XX
          inet addr:192.168.3.1  Bcast:192.168.3.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::42a3:6bff:fec1:19XX/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:329 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:76 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:46309 (45.2 KiB)  TX bytes:10161 (9.9 KiB)

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 40:A3:6B:C1:19:XX
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:681 errors:0 dropped:7 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:140 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:158882 (155.1 KiB)  TX bytes:32401 (31.6 KiB)
          Interrupt:4

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:289 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:289 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:19660 (19.1 KiB)  TX bytes:19660 (19.1 KiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 40:A3:6B:C1:19:F4
          inet addr:192.168.3.1  Bcast:192.168.3.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::42a3:6bff:fec1:19f4/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:42 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:8786 (8.5 KiB)

There is no bridge functioning that can be seen as the brctl show
confirms. The bridge was not established.

# brctl show
bridge name     bridge id               STP enabled     interfaces
br-lan          7fff.40a36bc119XX       no              eth0

Next will try the second method mentioned in the tutorial.
There are several ways to do so, one of the ways is to modify the firewall
configuration.

This is the as close as I could get running the tutorial:

@Lazar-Demin erm, You might want to have users update before linking the candy

Without any further ado: you can navigate to cloud.onion.io

and further down you say :
You will need to update your Omega to firmware version 0.1.1 in order to connect it to the Cloud.
Hope that helps reduce the trouble reports.

@Erik-Leisch looks like the same commands on my omega run just fine, you have done all that you can do sounds like replacement time.

Nayan, thank you so much for the detailed tutorial have copied and pasted it into my omega notes and will give it a shot today. Excited to try something new this will help alleviate some head banging against the wall.