[BPi-R3-Mini] Review and mainline ImmortalWrt firmware support

[frank-w]

If you have parted you can use

parted /dev/mmcblk0p5

And it should do the rest…but you have to boot from another device so that mmc rootfs is not mounted

[Muhamad_A_Akbar]

Can you teach me how to compile and install the compiled results? Is the method the same as above?

[Muhamad_A_Akbar]

@frank-w

If you have parted you can use

thanks, I have tried it, and failed, do you have complete documentation? I’m afraid I’ve missed a steps

[frank-w]

No because i do not use openwrt/immortalwrt so i not affected by this issue

But there are some threads here about rootfs partition resizing in openwrt

[nezar_taima]

if resizing /dev/mmcblk0p5 does not work, you can follow below steps to extroot: initially, boot from emmc then install the following packages: block-mount e2fsprogs parted

1- create a partition (the start of partition begins in the end of your production partition plus 1MB)

2- format the partition and configuring extroot

3- mount the partition and transfer data

4- reboot

5- result

[Muhamad_A_Akbar]

Thank you for your very clear instructions, I’ve tried it, but it doesn’t seem the same result

[nezar_taima]

Try parted /dev/mmcblk0

[Muhamad_A_Akbar]

@nezar_taima

parted /dev/mmcblk0

I’m sure I haven’t missed any steps, but why is it still not working correctly? Are you using a different firmware than immortalwrt? If yes, can you tell me the installation procedure

[piotr_da]

hi, after installing ImmortalWRT bpi r3 stopped booting from both nand and emmc, after connecting to uart I get these messages. Is it possible to install openwrt or repair immortal via uart ?

[l_h]

23.05.4 upgrade to 24.10.0-rc3,how to upgrade it?

[frank-w]

Major update is mostly bad idea. Backup config, do clean install and reapply config

[l_h]

24.10.0无法更新，刷新失败，直接进入恢复模式

[frank-w]

Please write in english

[nyanmisaka]

24.10.0 cannot be updated, refresh failed, directly enter recovery mode

The bpi-r3 mini has never been supported by mainline openwrt 23.05. Upgrading from immortalwrt 23.05 to openwrt 24.10 is not supported, you have to redo all the steps.

[l_h]

I redid all the steps and still can’t boot

[l_h]

24.10.0 cannot be updated, refresh fails, and enters recovery mode directly

[frank-w]

You have to make fresh install of openwrt,no upgrade.

https://openwrt.org/toh/sinovoip/bananapi_bpi_r3_mini#installation

[l_h]

thank you very much!

[l_h]

I tried the method you mentioned. Unfortunately, it still failed and could not be started. I started the system with nand. After flashing gpt, I still restarted through nand. I flashed preloader, uboot, recovery, and sysupgrade in sequence. After flashing, sync, power off, and switched to mmc boot. Still unable to boot. What step is wrong?

[hideyuki]

@l_h

After flashing, sync, power off, and switched to mmc boot. Still unable to boot. What step is wrong?

Can you provide the logs using UART/TTL?