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Got a NanoPi R6S with FriendlyWRT and want OpenWRT on the eMMC? The OpenWRT sysupgrade images work but only use ~120MB of your 32GB eMMC. Here’s how to get the full space. ⚠️ WARNING: This process involves writing directly to storage devices and modifying bootloaders. There is a risk of bricking your device. Proceed at your own risk - I am not responsible for any damage to your hardware. 📝 NOTE: Commands shown are from macOS. Some syntax may differ on Linux (e.g., bs=1m vs bs=1M, device names). ...

If you lookup Open WebUI1 and Ollama2 on the internet, you’ll probably get examples that are all using Docker. What about Podman? Well, here you go! Installation We’re using homebrew, of course. brew install ollama brew install podman-desktop I’ll not go into the details of setting up Podman Desktop3 and Ollama here because they both have pretty good online documention available (see resources at the bottom). Configuration details Ollama By default, ollama will be listening on localhost:11434 - Make sure you start it before running the container, although, Open WebUI should pick it up afterwards anyway. ...

If you wanted to run podman containers as a systemd service in the past, podman-generate-systemd was the way to go. Now in 2025, their Docs1 say this: DEPRECATED: Note: podman generate systemd is deprecated. We recommend using Quadlet files when running Podman containers or pods under systemd. There are no plans to remove the command. It will receive urgent bug fixes but no new features. Let’s see, how that works and convert a simple podman container to a quadlet. ...