[LEDE-DEV] Smaller /overlay with latest snapshot on WDR-3600

[Damien Wyart]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply, I had not thought about the larger packages
went I sent my email, and I think this is the correct explanation.

I will either reduce my list or build a custom image.

Thanks

Damien


On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Stijn Segers
<francesco.borromini at inventati.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 4,5 MiB sounds about right for a device with 8 MiB flash. If you do a
> factory reset, does the flash layout look identical to an older LEDE
> installation? It should, afaik, I haven't seen any changes in that sense in
> git lately. Most probably one of the packages you install afterwards grew in
> size (or maybe pulled in new dependencies).
>
> You might be better off using the image generator to include the packages
> you want in your image, prior to flashing it. That's more efficient
> space-wise.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Stijn