Install to internal drive

Install SmoothWAN to an internal (non-removable) disk, such as a laptop hard drive.

Warning

All data on the selected internal drive will be permanently lost. Proceed with caution.

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After running SmoothWAN using the Quick Setup instructions with a USB flash drive and an active internet connection, follow these steps to install it on an internal drive:

1. Log in to the Web UI and open Services → Terminal.

2. Run the following command to list all connected disks:

   lsblk
   

3. Identify your internal drive (e.g., /dev/sda) in the output.
   Ignore the numbered partitions (sda1, sda2, etc.) and note only the main disk path.

   Example:

   sda      8:0    0    320G  0 disk   <-- Use this
   ├─sda1   8:1    0      1M  0 part
   ├─sda2   8:2    0    513M  0 part
   └─sda3   8:3    0  127.5G  0 part
   

4. Flash the internal drive with the SmoothWAN image (replace with latest version):

   curl -L https://github.com/SmoothWAN/SmoothWAN/releases/download/0.99.9HF5/SmoothWAN-0.99.9HF5-PC-EFI-AMD64-DiskImage-or-WebUI.img.gz | gzip -d -c | dd bs=4M of=/dev/sda conv=fsync
   

5. Once complete, power off the device, unplug the flash drive, and power on again.
   The system will automatically reboot twice to expand and use the full internal storage.