It should be one of the most convenient ways to download the image from the official website to get a preliminary understanding of openwrt
openwrt official website mirror
Final download address and selection mirror
combined: file system + kernel
rootfs: only file system
-followed by the format of the file system
We choose the first one, ext4 file system type (writable)
After the download is complete, unzip the image file:
Mirror transformation:
The downloaded img image is not suitable for VM virtual machines, we also need to use additional windows tools for conversion
StarWind V2V Image Converter
Conversion process:
Copy the converted file to the VM virtual machine directory and replace it.