Scripted SD Card Boot Configuration for the Omega2+

Background

The Omega2+ from Onion gives you the ability to expand the storage by using a Micro SD card. However, to take full advantage of this, it is recommended that you configure the Omega2+ to boot to the Micro SD card. While there is a step-by-step tutorial on how to do this, this project saves you time by automating this process.

After having to redo all of the involved steps multiple times, I realized it would be faster to write a shell script that can do it all for me! This is especially handy if you factory reset the Omega2+ a lot and need a quick way to do the SD boot configuration. Additionally, if you are a first time user who wants to set the Omega2+ to boot to the a Micro SD card, all you need to do is insert the memory card and run this script!

Step 1

First, you need to install git in order to download the script.

opkg update
opkg install git git-http ca-bundle

Step 2

Clone the repository containing the script.

git clone https://github.com/supersonnic/omega2.git

Step 3

Make sure the Micro SD card is inserted, then make the script executable and run it. Warning: this will format the Micro SD card and erase all of its content.

cd omega2/
chmod +x sdboot.sh
./sdboot.sh

Step 4

Reboot the system and enjoy the expanded storage!

reboot now