I am thoroughly confused.
I am trying to get USB host to work and I ran "dd if=/*rootfs* of=/media/USB
and got 3 files,
xconfig_20140223_1734.ext2.bz2
xconfig_20140223_1734.tar.xz
and xconfig-latest.tar.xz.
This didn't look right to me but I decided to attempt to boot from it anyway.
Needless to say, it didn't work.
What did I do wrong?

I am thoroughly confused.
I am trying to get USB host to work and I ran "dd if=/*rootfs* of=/media/USB
and got 3 files,
xconfig_20140223_1734.ext2.bz2
xconfig_20140223_1734.tar.xz
and xconfig-latest.tar.xz.
This didn't look right to me but I decided to attempt to boot from it anyway.
Needless to say, it didn't work.
What did I do wrong?

You need to decompress the files first.

@Vogtinator Oh, that makes sense... I have gcc and make on my calc, how would I compile and install the module?

No idea. Search for the module name, get the source and read the instructions. Also, don't compile on the calc, it'll take hours.

.bz2 is bzip2 compressed and .xz XZ-compressed.

here is the source for the driver: http://www.mediatek.com/AmazonS3/Downloads/linux/DPO_RT5572_LinuxSTA_2.6.1.3_20121022.tar.bz2

Okay I'm now getting a bunch of "operation not permitted" errors despite the fact that I'm root and using Sudo

Quote from: Vsod99 on September 04, 2014, 07:19:12 pm

Okay I'm now getting a bunch of "operation not permitted" errors despite the fact that I'm root and using Sudo

you shouldn't need to use sudo if you are root...

I still get the errors sudo or no sudo
Edit:

tar: ./var/tmp: Cannot create symlink to `../tmp': Operation not permitted
tar: ./var/spool: Cannot create symlink to `../tmp': Operation not permitted
tar: ./var/log: Cannot create symlink to `../tmp': Operation not permitted
tar: ./var/lib/pcmcia: Cannot create symlink to `../../tmp': Operation not permitted
tar: ./var/lib/misc: Cannot create symlink to `../../tmp': Operation not permitted
tar: ./var/lib/dbus: Cannot create symlink to `/tmp/dbus': Operation not permitted
tar: ./var/lib/dhcp: Cannot create symlink to `/tmp': Operation not permitted
tar: ./var/run: Cannot create symlink to `../tmp': Operation not permitted
tar: ./var/lock: Cannot create symlink to `../tmp': Operation not permitted
tar: ./var/cache: Cannot create symlink to `../tmp': Operation not permitted
tar: ./etc/mtab: Cannot create symlink to `/proc/mounts': Operation not permitted
tar: ./etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf: Cannot create symlink to `/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf': Operation not permitted
tar: ./etc/fonts/conf.d/80-delicious.conf: Cannot create symlink to `/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/80-delicious.conf': Operation not permitted
tar: ./etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf: Cannot create symlink to `/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/65-fonts-persian.conf': Operation not permitted
tar: ./etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-vera.conf: Cannot create symlink to `/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/20-unhint-small-vera.conf': Operation not permitted
tar: ./etc/fonts/conf.d/69-unifont.conf: Cannot create symlink to `/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/69-unifont.conf': Operation not permitted
tar: ./etc/fonts/conf.d/90-synthetic.conf: Cannot create symlink to `/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/90-synthetic.conf': Operation not permitted
tar: ./etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf: Cannot create symlink to `/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/51-local.conf': Operation not permitted
tar: ./etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf: Cannot create symlink to `/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/50-user.conf': Operation not permitted
tar: ./etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf: Cannot create symlink to `/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/60-latin.conf': Operation not permitted
tar: ./etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf: Cannot create symlink to `/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/45-latin.conf': Operation not permitted
tar: ./etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf: Cannot create symlink to `/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/40-nonlatin.conf': Operation not permitted
tar: ./etc/fonts/conf.d/30-urw-aliases.conf: Cannot create symlink to `/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/30-urw-aliases.conf': Operation not permitted
tar: ./etc/fonts/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf: Cannot create symlink to `/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/65-nonlatin.conf': Operation not permitted
tar: ./etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf: Cannot create symlink to `/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/30-metric-aliases.conf': Operation not permitted
tar: ./etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf: Cannot create symlink to `/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/49-sansserif.conf': Operation not permitted
tar: ./etc/resolv.conf: Cannot create symlink to `../tmp/resolv.conf': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/sbin/inetd: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/sbin/setlogcons: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/sbin/rdate: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/sbin/loadfont: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/sbin/fdformat: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/sbin/dnsd: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/sbin/readprofile: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/sbin/nandwrite: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/sbin/addgroup: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/sbin/killall5: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/sbin/adduser: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/sbin/nanddump: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/sbin/arping: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/sbin/ether-wake: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/sbin/crond: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/sbin/chroot: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/sbin/delgroup: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/xz: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/sort: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/tee: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/traceroute: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/renice: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/less: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/find: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/setsid: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/tftp: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/uudecode: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/xargs: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/microcom: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/nslookup: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/wc: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/logname: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/telnet: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/who: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/unzip: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/md5sum: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/uniq: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/unxz: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/clear: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/[: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/lsof: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/lzma: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/lspci: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/cut: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/time: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/whoami: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/mesg: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/diff: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/fuser: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/xzcat: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/[[: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/top: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/cmp: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/ipcrm: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/tty: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/head: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/printf: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/sha512sum: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/last: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/dos2unix: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/awk: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/chrt: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/vlock: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/unlzma: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/sha256sum: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/sha1sum: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/tail: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/od: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/reset: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/expr: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/lzcat: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/eject: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/yes: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/patch: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/hexdump: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/mkfifo: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/id: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/uptime: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/hostid: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/cksum: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/dc: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/readlink: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/ipcs: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/dirname: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/passwd: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/killall: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/crontab: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/which: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/free: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/unix2dos: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/uuencode: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/ar: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/tr: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/fold: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/realpath: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/sha3sum: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/test: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/strings: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/logger: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/du: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/install: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/nohup: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/env: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/basename: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/bin/seq: Cannot create symlink to `../../bin/busybox': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/lib/terminfo: Cannot create symlink to `/usr/share/terminfo': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/lib/libuuid.so: Cannot create symlink to `../../lib/libuuid.so.1.3.0': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/lib/libblkid.so: Cannot create symlink to `../../lib/libblkid.so.1.1.0': Operation not permitted
tar: ./usr/lib/X11/app-defaults: Cannot create symlink to `../../../etc/X11/app-defaults': Operation not permitted
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

Yes. Also be sure you target the correct folder, otherwise you'll fuck your whole system up.
I accidentially untard it onto "/", requring reinstallation.

http://www.mediatek.com/AmazonS3/Downloads/linux/DPO_RT5572_LinuxSTA_2.6.1.3_20121022.tar.bz2

Doesn't look like it'll work, sadly. With some major fiddling you may get it to compile, but the kernel APIs change rapidly.

@Vogtinator why won't it work?