TomatoUSB

Hi, I've setup a symbolic link to link the mount directory of usb drive.

I noticed that every time I restart the router, the symbolic link is gone?

so I have to create the command as the script and set it to the "run after" section of the automount.

I understand the embeded linux is different with normal linux.

I suspect this is saved in the memory? then what about these scripts that we can setup from the web interface

where are they stored?

Can anyone explain why this is happening from a technical perspective? Thanks

Tomato is not embedded Linux, unlike OpenWRT. Everything is wiped when you reboot, and rebuilt from configuration stored in nvram, including the tmp file system.

Sorry, not sure what you mean by "Tomato is not embedded Linux",

I can ssh to it and run linux command as far as I know it's a Linux based system running on a router.

then why it is not embedded Linux?

thx

Ignore embedded if the definition is bothering you. Entire file system is tmpfs, wiped and rebuilt when reboot. Full stop.

Are you using /tmp/etc/fstab to set the symbolic link?
If so, you'll have to save it to nvram.
in telnet:

nvram setfile2nvram /tmp/etc/fstab
nvram commit

On mine, I have the drive formatted to ext2 (using EaseUS partition master free edition), and its label is "optware"
and in /tmp/etc/fstab I have:

LABEL=optware /opt ext2 rw,noatime 1 1

I labeled my drive as "optware". Tomato mounts it automatically in /mnt. No need to play with fstab, nvram etc. I don't waste my time recreating that when I have to wipe NVRAM.

It has the following line in its "auto-run" file: 00-opt.autorun

mount -o noatime -t -ext3 -obind /mnt/optware /opt