sysupgrade is only for upgrading an existing openwrt firmware. use a factory image for a fresh install. stephen On 11/05/2014 04:14 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i'm currently trying to build and install openwrt on *any* sort of > router or eval board incorporating mediatek parts, specifically: > > * MT7620A SoC (with onboard 2.4G radio) > * MT7610E external 5G radio chip > > recently, i grabbed one of these d-link dir-810l routers from canada > computers: > > http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=27_1046_1047&item_id=061804 > > because, as you can see, there is an openwrt wiki page that *suggests* > you can build and install on it: > > http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/d-link/dir-810l > > in fact, doing a standard openwrt build, one gets a bunch of output > "sysupgrade" images for a number of "ramips" architectures: > > openwrt-ramips-mt7620a-dir-810l-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin <-- there > openwrt-ramips-mt7620a-Lenovo-y1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin > openwrt-ramips-mt7620a-Lenovo-y1s-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin > openwrt-ramips-mt7620a-mt7620a_mt7530-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin > openwrt-ramips-mt7620a-mt7620a_mt7610e-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin > openwrt-ramips-mt7620a-mt7620a-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin > openwrt-ramips-mt7620a-mt7620a_v22sg-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin > openwrt-ramips-mt7620a-mzk-750dhp-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin > openwrt-ramips-mt7620a-na930-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin > ... and so on ... > > however, it seems impossible to flash that image to the router using > the factory firmware and the standard "Upgrade Firmware" button. i > have already upgraded the router to the latest official d-link > firmware -- that worked just fine, confirming that the d-link firmware > on the router is happy to accept newer d-link firmware. > > but the d-link firmware clearly doesn't like the sysupgrade image > produced by openwrt, and i don't know why. so, first question, has > anyone out there done this? > > more generally, i'm looking for *any* openwrt-happy router or dev > board that is based on the mediatek MT7620A/MT7610E chipset, so i'm > open to suggestions. > > if anyone wants to chat further, i can arrange to be at this week's > OCLUG meeting. i'd really like to resolve this issue so i can get on > with a project. > > rday >