Mount USB disk

• Kernel modules
  • USB Support
    • kmod-usb-storage
  • Filesystems:
    • kmod-fs-vfat
• Utilities
  • Filesystem
    • e2fsprogs
  • Disc
    • fdisk
• Base system
  • block-mount
• Kernel Modules
  • Native Language Support
    • kmod-nls-cp437
    • kmod-nls-iso8859-1

mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt

If you are lucky, you should see big partition mounted on Carambola file systam.

root@OpenWrt:/# df -h
Filesystem                Size      Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs                   14.7M     72.0K     14.6M   0% /
/dev/root                 6.3M      6.3M         0 100% /rom
tmpfs                    14.7M    104.0K     14.6M   1% /tmp
tmpfs                   512.0K         0    512.0K   0% /dev
root                     14.7M     72.0K     14.6M   0% /tmp/root
overlayfs:/tmp/root      14.7M     72.0K     14.6M   0% /
/dev/sda                  3.8G      4.0K      3.8G   0% /mnt

In order to unmount new disk, type this command:

umount /dev/sda 

Having this disk can be way useful with automounting option.

Edit file

/etc/config/fstab

Paste content:

config global automount
      option from_fstab 1
      option anon_mount 1

config mount
      option target /mnt 
      option device /dev/sda 
      option fstype vfat
      option options rw,sync
      option enabled 1

Edit file:

/etc/opkg.conf

Add line:

dest ram /mnt

opkg install somepackage -d destination_name

Let's say you wish python

opkg install python -d sd