Upgrading Merlin firmware with Entware installed

[spinach]

I'm running Merlin 3.0.0.4.374.38_2 and want to upgrade to the latest version. I have Entware installed, primarily to run Transmission, and remember seeing something about backing JFFS up before upgrading. I've got a bunch of torrents that I would like to not lose in the upgrade process if at all possible.

I've tried searching these forums and the Merlin wiki but can't seem to find how to do this.

Can anyone point me to a How-To for this?

 

[ryzhov_al]

1. Stop Entware services:

/opt/etc/init.d/rc.unslung stop

2. Backup JFFS partition (just in case):

tar -cvzf /opt/tmp/jffs.tgz /jffs

3. Upgrade f\w via Web interface, router will be rebooted automatically.
4. If transmission doesn't showed up, restore JFFS and reboot again:

cd /
tar -xvf /opt/tmp/jffs.tgz
reboot

 

[spinach]

Thanks for the quick response. This worked perfectly!