Install entware on Asus router without installing Merlin firmware

FROM: https://github.com/Entware/Entware/issues/459

mount /dev/sda /opt

# find your cpu arch here: https://bin.entware.net

wget https://bin.entware.net/aarch64-k3.10/installer/generic.sh

cd /opt

chmod +x ./generic

./generic

reboot into safemode with vnc enabled

in elevated cmd:

REG COPY HKLM\system\CurrentControlSet\services\tvnserver HKLM\system\CurrentControlSet\control\safeboot\network\tvnserver /s /f

run msconfig and reboot into safe mode with networking enabled:

grub load temporarily

centos 7
grub-reboot 1

centos 6
echo "savedefault --default=1 --once" | grub --batch
reboot

linux disable echoing ^C when CTRL-C is pressed

stty -ctlecho

thanks to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/418073/stop-echoing-c-to-terminal

Make any ISO bootable from USB Using grub4dos

wget http://download.gna.org/grub4dos/grub4dos-0.4.4.zip; unzip grub4dos-0.4.4.zip 

mkdosfs -F32 -I /dev/sdb1 #format usb FAT32

./grub4dos-0.4.4/bootlace.com /dev/sdb #make usb bootable

mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt; cp grub4dos-0.4.4/grldr YOUR_IMAGE.iso /mnt

cat <<EOF > /mnt/menu.lst

title bootable-usb

map (hd0,0)/disk.iso (hd32)

map --hook

chainloader (hd32)

boot
EOF 

Reboot and select booting from USB.

BIG THANKS to http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/BIOS_Upgrade#Booting_from_a_USB_Flash_drive

create a new java keystore with existing cert

create a new java keystore with existing cert

openssl pkcs12 -export -in host.crt -inkey host.key > host.p12

# DO ENTER A PASSWORD

keytool -importkeystore -srckeystore host.p12 -destkeystore host.jks -srcstoretype pkcs12

debian make convert regular disk to lvm

1. Attach the new disk
2. create lvm
3. dd data from old to new lvm root
4. grub-install /dev/sdb (the new disk)
5. update-grub (in chroot or inside the actual OS)