====== Select packages ====== * 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 ====== Try mounting ====== 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 ====== Automout ====== 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 ====== Install packages to this new file system ====== ===== Prepare ===== Edit file: /etc/opkg.conf Add line: dest ram /mnt ===== Use ===== opkg install somepackage -d destination_name Let's say you wish python opkg install python -d sd