WRT3200ACM partitions

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tuttie
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2018 16:06    Post subject: WRT3200ACM partitions Reply with quote
Just picked this router up a week or so ago, r35681 running great no problems...Didn't have very much luck finding an install guide so I just flashed the factory_to_ddwrt.bin via linksys stock fw.
Still, I had no idea the device has 2 partitions, just yesterday I went to 'Firmware Upgrade' in dd-wrt, and updated to newer beta.
Question is, by upgrading the bin via dd-wrt, have I destroyed the partition that had the stock firmware?

Code:
root@DD-WRT:~# ubootenv get boot_part
a_pEnv->crc = 077aa4cf
crc32 = 077aa4cf
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draykshaper
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2018 16:46    Post subject: Reply with quote
Out of the box, the 3200 has two stock Linksys firmware partitions, booting on partition 1 by default. By flashing DDWRT, you overwrote partition 2 and are now booting from that, but you can still boot from the stock Linksys on partition 1.

uboot set boot_part 1
reboot
tuttie
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2018 16:58    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for quick response; so it doesn't matter that after the initial flashing from stock, I upgraded via dd-wrt (Administration -> Firmware upgrade) ?
draykshaper
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2018 17:25    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oh right, sorry, I misread at first. You probably did overwrite the stock firmware then, but if you want to be sure, you can just boot into the other partition and see what happens. If the stock firmware is indeed gone, you can always get it back by downloading it from the Linksys website.
myersw
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2018 18:21    Post subject: Reply with quote
Did you read the stickies? Lots of good info. If not please do yourself a favor and read. They are also in my sig.
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Unifi Security Gateway: Unifi Firmware
Netgear r7800: Voxel Firmware
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ISP:Comcast
tutorial for flashing "WRT" series:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=287813
DD-WRT Installation, Upgrade & Basic Setup–Cliff Notes:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=311117
Kong DD-WRT Config Tutorial:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Install-and-Configure-a-DD-WRT-Kong-Router/
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tuttie
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2018 23:11    Post subject: Reply with quote
Got it all working right, Linksys stock @ partition 1, dd-wrt on 2
Pretty neat how the stock fw can be flashed directly from dd-wrt
Thanks guys Very Happy
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