> On Jul 10, 2015, at 12:03 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson <swm...@swm.pp.se> wrote: > >> On Tue, 7 Jul 2015, Joe Touch wrote: >> >> Some questions: >> >>> On 7/6/2015 11:16 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: >>> ... >>> You can flash back the factory firmware without serial, you just use >>> sysupgrade with the Linksys factory image. >> >> How does that differ from mtd, e.g., as indicated here (which doesn't >> mention sysinstall)?: >> http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/generic.uninstall > > http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/linksys/wrt1200ac#how_to_flash_the_firmware_to_device > > "Revert to Linksys Stock Firmware" > > So you can either use the web ui or the "sysupgrade" command to go back to > Stock firmware.
I see the word "sysupgrade" only her, but that is in reference to the img type not the command : ---- When flashing from OpenWrt, use the "sysupgrade" image. Although the factory image will work, the sysupgrade image has the fringe benefit of preserving the UBI container between flashes, which provides some wear-leveling. ---- Can you explain where the info on using the sysupgrade command to revert to the factory image is?? > > I have only used the mtd method once, and that was when there was a problem > with the flash for some reason and I was recommended that method instead by > an OpenWrt developer. > > -- > Mikael Abrahamsson email: swm...@swm.pp.se _______________________________________________ Cerowrt-devel mailing list Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel
