How to install OpenWRT on an x86 computer with SATA hard drive
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Problem
I've tried to install on my x86 PC, but the boot process stops while "waiting for root device /dev/sda2". Forums have advised me to build a custom OpenWRT image, but I don't know what packages I should include to solve this problem. I've tried adding but it doesn't help.
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OpenWRT Backfire 10.03.1-rc6 x86_generic combined ext2
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Fix for: How to install OpenWRT on an x86 computer with SATA hard drive
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I ran into this problem before. I had to build a custom image from source to solve it. The cause was that the disk controller driver wasn't included in the kernel. Without the driver, the kernel couldn't access the root partition and became stuck. T…
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