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How can I make the read only file system writable on BusyBox?

I want to change some files on my router. Firstly I can change everything in /var, but I want to change /etc/fstab. When I try to change it, I get an error message that says the file system is read ...
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How to force a longer `reboot` in Busybox v1.13.3?

reboot appears to make the root file system read-only almost immediately, causing a race condition with one of my processes which tries to write settings out to a file during its approx 1-2 second ...
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run scrpts on routers with BusyBox

I own a router (tp link w8960n) that I can "control" via telnet and busybox. Is it possible to create and run a script on the router like a permanent process(more like a cronojob) if the router has ...
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How to fork two process in inittab without waiting one to finish?

I know how to fork to process. That is not a problem. But my issue is a little different. Example inittab line: ::respawn:-/usr/bin/python /path/to/script.py && /bin/sh -l -c 'chown ...
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Adding udev for embedded linux

I am using an arm processor and linux busybox as my OS. I want to add udev running in my system. The system has mdev. But doesn't seem to fulfill my need. How can I add udev for my system? thank you. ...
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How do I gracefully fall back to AutoIP when there is no DHCP service available?

I am developing an embedded device based on Linux and Busybox, and trying to make it adaptable to different network configurations. I want to: 1- At boot time, if there is no DHCP reply, use an ...
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So many loop devices created when trying to mount squashfs

I am trying to mount, a squashfs file image on an embedded system (linux/busybox). But after some time, I am getting the error "mount: can't setup loop device: No space left on device" . When ...
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udhcpc: How can I get the result of requesting option?

I use commond line like this: udhcpc -O domain But the teminal only shows like this: Sending discover... Sending select for 192.168.X.X... Lease of 192.168.X.X obtained, leasing time ... So ...
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how to set adduser home directory permission on busybox

I'm using busybox's adduser to create home direcory. adduser foo I found the directory which created in a strange permission drwxs-xr-x (with setgid flag) Is there any config file which can let ...
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udhcpc doesn't assign ip address

I have a board running Linux 2.6.28 and I have one Ethernet interface (eth0) I want dhcp to assign dynamic IP to this interface. I have Busybox with udhcpc in the file system and the kernel has the ...
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How to start init, but not startup scripts?

I specified rdinit=/bin/sh and manually booted the system (in chroot) from command line, complete with mounted filesystems, network services and X desktop. The init is still busybox's /bin/sh. The ...