On 2019-10-01 22:46, Sean Kamath wrote:
Hi.
I’m hoping someone either has a cluebat or some helpful suggestions
beyond “reinstall”.
I had an alix 2d13 running OpenBSD 6.3. I finally got around to
upgrading to 6.4 (via https://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade64.html), and
that seemed to go just fine (I used the Upgrading Manually section,
since I don’t have (easy) access to the console).
I let that run for a day, just to make sure all was well, and then
attempted an upgrade to 6.5 (via
https://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade65.html), again using the
“Upgrading Manually” section.
This time, between smtpd and relinking the kernel, it appears my Alix
board is quickly running out of memory. Within a few seconds the sr
rate is in the 20K range. I stopped the ld for relinking, and killed
SMTPD in order to finish the install (the makedev ALL, sysmerge,
pkg_update -u bits), and that all ran fine. But about 15-20 minutes
after a reboot, the box just goes off the network, and there’s not
much I can do.
I can download and reinstall 6.5, but was hoping to avoid that pain,
but I just want to make sure 6.5 has no issues on the Alix boards. . .
I cannot comment on the upgrade process, but I have had zero fatal
issues running 6.5 on my alix2d13 boards. That said, memory has been
getting tighter with more recent OpenBSD versions, and swap (as someone
else suggested) should help. I love these reliable boards, but they are
starting to show their age (at least relative to how I use them with
OpenBSD).
Thanks! I’d attach dmesg, but the box is dead again. . . If anyone
wants to dive into what’s going on, just let me know what info you
want to see.
Sean
