Author Topic: 3.5.3 Free flash Size After Flash? (Read 3013 times)

dansawyer · « **on:** May 19, 2005, 09:26:01 am »

Getting 3.5.3 installed has been problematic; mostly due to my assumptions and errors. That said what is the free ram after a flash? For the first several flashs it was about 500k. On the last flash it is 900k. Which one is 'right'? What went wrong on the other one? How can this be tested?

Thanks,
Dan

lardman · « **Reply #1 on:** May 19, 2005, 09:35:42 am »

Free RAM, or free flash space?

Si

dansawyer · « **Reply #2 on:** May 19, 2005, 09:47:10 am »

you are correct - free flash space

CoreDump · « **Reply #3 on:** May 19, 2005, 11:38:54 am »

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you are correct - free flash space
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Did you run "ipkg update" on the ROM w/ only 500kb of free space?
The free space is constant and will always be the same after flashing identical ROMs.

lardman · « **Reply #4 on:** May 19, 2005, 12:46:32 pm »

I changed the topic title for you.

Si

dansawyer · « **Reply #5 on:** May 20, 2005, 09:39:01 am »

Thanks, that explanes it. The flash leaves about 900k. ipkg update leaves about 450.

Dan

JohnKiniston · « **Reply #6 on:** May 20, 2005, 10:49:21 pm »

You can free up ROM space if your willing to do a ipkg update before you use ipkg.

Edit your /etc/ipkg.conf and add in

lists_dir ext /var/lists

and then make that directory

I also edited the script that makes /var and added
mkdir -p /var/lists
chmod 0755 /var/lists

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Author Topic: 3.5.3 Free flash Size After Flash? (Read 3013 times)