Nano images question / Revamp for 17.1

[franco]

Hi guys,

So the second slice on the Nano-Images has been dormant since having been (re)added to OPNsense, holding 2 GB of extra space. I'm asking whether you want see the superfluous slice removed to salvage the space for the actual installation and / or shrinking the image to the minimum and auto-expand on first boot?

The latter may not work without GPT so that's something to research further. The way we build the nano now is very complicated and so far a fixed 4GB seemed to fit the requirements of the past year quite alright.

Or is anyone using that second slice?

What do you think about the firmware upgrades in general on Nano, sane enough so far? I remember we've had trouble until early 15.7, and the last remaining issue of persistent updates vs. low RAM was fixed with 16.7 yesterday.

Nano deserves a face-lift now.


Cheers,
Franco