GL.iNet X-750 partitions

Hi all

Question below Q:

on a GL-X750 (running 21.02.3) configured as MiFi hotspot I see :

root@gateway:~# df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root                 3584      3584         0 100% /rom
tmpfs                    61700      1176     60524   2% /tmp
/dev/mtdblock6           10368      8520      1848  82% /overlay
overlayfs:/overlay       10368      8520      1848  82% /
tmpfs                      512         0       512   0% /dev
/dev/sda1             30637928    118548  28940016   0% /mnt/sda1
root@gateway:~# cat /proc/partitions 
major minor  #blocks  name

  31        0        256 mtdblock0
  31        1         64 mtdblock1
  31        2         64 mtdblock2
  31        3      16000 mtdblock3
  31        4       2048 mtdblock4
  31        5      13952 mtdblock5
  31        6      10368 mtdblock6
   8        0   31260672 sda
   8        1   31259648 sda1
root@gateway:~# df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root                 3584      3584         0 100% /rom
tmpfs                    61700      1176     60524   2% /tmp
/dev/mtdblock6           10368      8520      1848  82% /overlay
overlayfs:/overlay       10368      8520      1848  82% /
tmpfs                      512         0       512   0% /dev
/dev/sda1             30637928    118548  28940016   0% /mnt/sda1

on a GL-AR750S (running 21.02.3) configured as AP I see :

root@wap-office:~# cat /proc/partitions 
major minor  #blocks  name

  31        0     131072 mtdblock0
  31        1        256 mtdblock1
  31        2         64 mtdblock2
  31        3         64 mtdblock3
  31        4      16000 mtdblock4
  31        5       2112 mtdblock5
  31        6      13888 mtdblock6
  31        7      10176 mtdblock7
root@wap-office:~# df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root                 3840      3840         0 100% /rom
tmpfs                    61560      1132     60428   2% /tmp
/dev/mtdblock7           10176      2460      7716  24% /overlay
overlayfs:/overlay       10176      2460      7716  24% /
tmpfs                      512         0       512   0% /dev

The GL-X750 needs more packages so it is 82% full (the GL-AR750S is 24% full).

Q: what are on GL-X750 partitions mtdblock3 and mtdblock5?

Is there any way I could enlarge mtdblock6 and shrink mtdblock5?

Or any other hope to create space?

Thanks

Should be kernel and rootfs.

I don’t think you can change the mtd. Because it has been shrinked to the minimum and is readonly.

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