Friday, October 11, 2024

Re: Server inaccessible after upgrade from 7.5 to 7.6

On 2024-10-11, rfabris@mhsmail.ch <rfabris@mhsmail.ch> wrote:
> Am 2024-10-11 11:12, schrieb Manuel Giraud:
>> Stuart Henderson <stu.lists@spacehopper.org> writes:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> I recommend always checking for free space in /usr before upgrading,
>>> it's hard to be accurate in predicting whether the new release will
>>> fit
>>> but you can get a feel for whether it's likely to.
>>
>> One thing that has bite me before is the kernel reordering (in
>> /usr/share/relink/kernel by default). For example, I currently have
>> 730MB here. So yes, /usr should be large enough.
>
> The upgrade guide (https://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade76.html) says:
>
> "Check available disk space in /usr. Verify that the /usr partition has
> a size of at least 1.1G. With less space the upgrade may fail and you
> should consider reinstalling the system instead."

"a size of 1.1G" is unlikely to be enough, that could do with revising
and probably mention something about free space. (some space used by the
existing system will be reclaimed due to same filenames, other won't).





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