@Lazar-Demin

Note that it takes up quite a bit of space, so you will most likely need to transfer your rootfs to USB storage to install both NPM and node.

So, is it most likely, or is it always that way?... Most likely = MUST?
Why not write MUST in the first place. IF you already know that starting from scratch requires the use of external storage, please be more clear about that in the post.

The disappointing thing is, as far as I have read in the community, that Blynk, node.js, and almost any cool use requires external storage!
It adds space, power consumption, complexity...

It's a shame that all the beauty of the onion (small, simple, compact) is lost because of the insufficient storage

Can we expect to have a lighter/streamlined release that does not require external storage?
Cheers

@Lazar-Demin

Note that it takes up quite a bit of space, so you will most likely need to transfer your rootfs to USB storage to install both NPM and node.

So, is it most likely, or is it always that way?... Most likely = MUST?
Why not write MUST in the first place. IF you already know that starting from scratch requires the use of external storage, please be more clear about that in the post.

The disappointing thing is, as far as I have read in the community, that Blynk, node.js, and almost any cool use requires external storage!
It adds space, power consumption, complexity...

It's a shame that all the beauty of the onion (small, simple, compact) is lost because of the insufficient storage

Can we expect to have a lighter/streamlined release that does not require external storage?
Cheers

No space left on device

Even after doing a Factory Reset (firmware .7), I start with just 7MB of free space.
I install nodejs (opkg update; opkg install nodejs), and after that, when I try to install NPM (opkg install npm), halfway through the install, I get a No space left on device error.
And not only NPM is not installed, but the space is left occupied (by the NPM download and the expanded files, I guess)...

Is it possible to install nodejs and NPM without adding any external storage??

Cheers!

@Russ-Terrell NEVERMIND! I just read https://community.onion.io/topic/443/resolved-arduino-bootloader-issue
This is a normal issue. Just disregard the LUA error message...

@Russ-Terrell I got the same error message "ash: merge-sketch-with-bootloader.lua: not found"
After that, it goes on writing the flash....
Is this error message normal??