On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:27:06 +0800, Robert Chan wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Honestly, I had already bricked 2 routers (TP-Link 1043ND and 741ND). > What I did was that I compiled the images from the source, and then > upload them to the routers. Sometimes they work. However, in two of > the instances, I changed some options, and . bricked the routers (even > the build and the flashing were all successful). > > > > I am just wondering, when I try to build the image from the source again > in the future, should I just cross my finger and hope that the image > will work? Or is there any way to verify the correctness of an image > before I flash it to the router?
Probably depends a lot on the router - some routers use a bootloader that's outside of the flashed firmware (my D-Link DIR-825 is one like that) that if you brick it, there's a recovery console that doesn't require a serial connection or JTAG connector to use. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
