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===== Installation ===== ===== Installation =====
-This article will be added soon, see [[http://wiki.openwrt.org/oldwiki/openwrtdocs/hardware/mikrotik/rb100|oldwiki]] now.+This article will be completed soon, see [[http://wiki.openwrt.org/oldwiki/openwrtdocs/hardware/mikrotik/rb100|oldwiki]] now
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 +:!: If you flash OpenWrt from NetBoot facility, you will lose your RouterOS licence.
The installation of OpenWrt on this board is only possible by using the NetBoot facility - you will boot into the RAMdisk version of OpenWrt and use it to flash the permanent OpenWrt image into NAND. You will need: The installation of OpenWrt on this board is only possible by using the NetBoot facility - you will boot into the RAMdisk version of OpenWrt and use it to flash the permanent OpenWrt image into NAND. You will need:
  - A serial port (or a USB-RS232 serial converter) and a null modem cable as console (standard serial cable wont work).   - A serial port (or a USB-RS232 serial converter) and a null modem cable as console (standard serial cable wont work).
-  - An ethernet port to download the NetBoot kernel and the NAND image.+  - An ethernet port and cable to download the NetBoot kernel and the NAND image.
  - A DHCP server to tell the RB1xx where to get it's netboot image (e.g. DnsMasq).   - A DHCP server to tell the RB1xx where to get it's netboot image (e.g. DnsMasq).
  - A TFTPD server to supply the NetBoot image to load a barebone OpenWrt RAMdisk image (e.g. DnsMasq).   - A TFTPD server to supply the NetBoot image to load a barebone OpenWrt RAMdisk image (e.g. DnsMasq).
  - A web server to serve up the permanent version of the OpenWrt kernel and rootfs (you can use SCP as well).   - A web server to serve up the permanent version of the OpenWrt kernel and rootfs (you can use SCP as well).
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 +Connect your RouterBoard using both ethernet and null modem cable to a PC.
==== Building images ==== ==== Building images ====
See [[http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/build|official howto]] for more info. See [[http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/build|official howto]] for more info.
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 +:!: If you select the squashfs image, it may take quite a few minutes for the device to power on.
You will have to run the building process twice, because you will need both RAMdisk image and stock OpenWrt kernel+rootfs. You will have to run the building process twice, because you will need both RAMdisk image and stock OpenWrt kernel+rootfs.
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  * Target Profile:   * Target Profile:
-==== Using Linux ====+==== Linux howto ==== 
 +==== Windows howto ====
-==== Using Windows ====+:!: Disable ANY firewall on your PC.
 +  - Download [[http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html|Putty]], run it, select Connection type: **Serial**, Serial line: **COMx** (x = number, depends on your configuration), Speed: **115200**, and Open.

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