Its not the flash that fills up, but the memory...
The only thing you can do is restrict the EPG to the next 7 days.

flash is not RAM

the EPG is loaded in RAM while E2 is running,
only when E2 is stopped the epg.dat is written

the path in crossepg is for storing the downloaded files before they are imported in the "EPG"
(and also the ext.epg.dat is stored for a fast reloading)

EDIT:
for Benelux I don't see the need for crossepg - I use EPG refresh to update the EPG
for UK, I use the OpenTV source
advantage: the xml-files can have errors which can cause problems

i think you still don't understand the proces

EPG is in RAM not on the HDD

the epg.dat is only on disk because E2 needs to load it in RAM after restarting (otherwise the EPG would always be empty after a restart)

crossepg or xmtv-importer "download" from external resources and insert these external info in the EPG
but it doesn't change the proces as such

are you 100% sure they use exactly the same resources?

and how do you compare?

both solutions in an OE2.0 image?

and: did you try already to set the setting to 7 days?

try the OpenTV resource for the UK channels

disable all other resources

and try if this works

ok, if you don't want to try...

I'm out here

I doubt your problems lie with CrossEPG.
I am using CrossEPG with more than one provider without any troubles.

As various other users already tried to tell you it is most likely a memory (or rather: lack thereof) issue.
OE 2.0 is already pretty memory-heavy with a "normal" setup, add a SoftCam and a full EPG for a lot of channels to the mix and you will have a bad time.
Check the output of free and top in the shell when your Dreambox starts getting slower. How much free memory is left?

I suggest you try using the XEPGDB repack instead of the regular XMLTV providers. The latter also caused freezes on my OE 2.0 setup when downloading those.
And a swap file is a must, restricting the EPG to 7 days alone wasn't enough for me.

Yes I recommend also to use the XEPGDB source as the load much faster as the standard XMLTV sources. And there is also no problem if you load more then one.

HI,

How many providers can be loaded maximum to crossepg? To tuner stability maintained? ( oe2.0 7020HD )

On my 500HD Opentv causes a reboot and nothing is written.

I use more than 15 XEPGDB providers.Download is OK.

But often I get "cannot allocate memory" which is corrected after a GUI restart

Use Merlin tried r1 and r2 versions of the software.

I discover that Gemini Plugin removed is not visable in the feed.(update corrected remove suggestion)
Reason is, it's too risky to use CrossEPG. It uses RAM memory, but their is too less left. It can work for one epg source, but it's too tricky that CrossEPG will fill ram so the Dreambox hangs.

Question to DMM, is it possible that we get a plugin that can make OE2.0 lite/stripped. Like removing language files that you don't need. Removing components option that don't have dependencies at other software components. You know stripping down towards kind of lite version.
Or add a plugin that use storage medium as ram extender (but i realize this can slow down the box a lot).

it's not removed from the feed

Sounds like there's something wrong on your end, since as Bschaar already said, the plugin is definitely on the gemini feed.
You could also try checking by using the Webadmin tool.

As for CrossEPG itself, as I said above, using a swap space is the best solution.