[OpenWrt Wiki] Image formats
openwrt.org › docs › techrefuImage. This is an image format designed for U-Boot loader, generally consisting of a kernel with a header for information. Often a zImage with a 64 byte uImage header, which contains the load address & entry point of the zImage, so that uBoot knows what to do with it.
[OpenWrt Wiki] OpenWrt in QEMU
openwrt.org › docs › guide-userSep 27, 2021 · OpenWrt in QEMU x86-64 The x86-64 target has support for ESXi images by default. Booting the VMDK / VDI images might not work with newer QEMU versions. IMG/VDI/VMDK with “-hda” switch do not work with QEMU 2.x. pc-q35-2.0 / q35 emulates a different machine. With new syntax (no -hda , -net) the IMG / VDI / VMDK works here.
Today I learned: OpenWRT x86 in VMWare ESXi
huksley.blogspot.com › 2014 › 10Oct 22, 2014 · OpenWRT x86 in VMWare ESXi In ESXi routing, NAT and other advanced networking must be accomplished through Router Virtual Machine. DD-WRT is fine example which works stable, but it costs money to run it on x86. You can use OpenWRT the same way as DD-WRT. To create image yourself, download image and convert it using qemu-img.
ESXI 安装&配置 OPENWRT – Lindaivd
www.lindavid.cn/3137.html28.02.2020 · 基于 ESXi X86 设备构建的 OpenWrt 路由器是一种兼顾性能和敏捷性的 软路由 解决方案。 制作 OpenWrt ESXi 镜像 下载 安装制作 ESXi 镜像 的工具 StarWind V2V Converter 。 下载最新版本的 Stable Release OpenWrt 镜像 。 ESXi 一般运行在 X64 平台，因此镜像我们选择 x86/64 目标平台，文件系统选择 ext4。 例如： …
[OpenWrt Wiki] OpenWrt on VMware HowTo
openwrt.org › docs › guide-userJul 20, 2021 · Hypervisor with VMware ESXi, Fusion, Player, or Workstation installed. First of all, you need to download the image from list above on your machine. After that you extract & convert it to a vmdk image: gunzip openwrt-x86-generic-combined-ext4.img.gz qemu-img convert -f raw -O vmdk openwrt-x86-generic-combined-ext4.img openwrt-x86-generic ...