AC68U - Read-only Files system

[cdikland]

Why is this router set at different permissions that my n66U and/or AC66U both on which I have had no problems creating directories or scripts. This router, however. wont let me do either. I keep getting "mkdir: can't create directory '/jffs/etc': Read-only file system" each time I try to "mkdir /jffs/etc" or "mkdir /jffs/configs"

I am not familiar with Linux to know what I need to do to get around this. Help


UPDATE: It appears that jffs is not being enabled or properly formatted. Rebooted 5 times now and the directory /jffs/configs does not appear. No idea what to do next.

 

[cdikland]

So I decided to "downgrade" my FW from "3.0.0.4.374.39" to "3.0.0.4.374.35_4" andjffs partition was enabled first try. Was that just luck or is this an issue with .39 FW??


I now want to go back from 35_4 to .39. Can I just install it without doing a factory reset?

 

[L&LD]

Did you check 'format on next boot' and then reboot the router?

I would not recommend upgrading (or downgrading, for that matter) firmware versions without doing a full reset.

You're just leaving the router in an unknown state with issues just waiting to happen.

 

[mtrains]

You have to reboot it twice. For the first reboot check the 'format at boot' option. For the second reboot un-check the 'format at boot' option. The way I understand it, the first reboot creates/formats the partition. The second reboot enables it. So if you have the 'format at reboot' checked at every reboot it never gets enabled.

 

[cdikland]

Well that would explain why 8 reboots did nothing . I would reboot, noted that jffs was not enabled, checked format box, rebooted.. etc. Anyway, not sure why it worked once I downgrade the FW but I suspect it cause this time I rebooted WITHOUT the format box checked