config FREETZ_PACKAGE_USBROOT bool "USB-root 0.1" depends on FREETZ_HAS_USB_HOST default n help Mount an ext2 filesystem (fs) from an USB stick and use it as a root fs which is fully writable and basically unlimited in size. The Linux kernel will still be loaded from your box and during the first phase of the init process the SquashFS on the box is still used, but after the USB-root is mounted, we pivot_root into it and it becomes the new root fs. The read-only fs on the box can still be accessed under /oldroot, but is absolutely not necessary anymore after pivot_root. Having said that, it should be clear that the usb stick should contain everything necessary to run the box. Usually you just create a full copy of a target fs (e.g. from build/modified/filesystem or from an unpacked firmware image) and start modifying it as needed. The binaries (kernel modules, executables, shared libraries) used therein just have to fit the kernel installed on the box. Note: There currently is no web interface for this package, because an USB-root is an expert thing anyway. The command-line interface and help screen of /etc/init.d/rc.usbroot makes it pretty easy to (de-)activate and configure the functionality of this package. As configuration data are stored in bootloader environment rather than in TFFS like for other packages, this package is special anyway.