Hi Sean
Maybe plug in a spare USB drive and format it for swap? Swap on CF is
rarely a good idea, especially if you swap often.
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 2:01 PM Sean Kamath <kam...@moltingpenguin.com> wrote:
>
> Just wanted to say a thank you for everyone’s comments. I’ve combined all my
> replies into one mostly to sum everything up.
>
> > On Oct 2, 2019, at 02:16, Stefan Sperling <s...@stsp.name> wrote:
> > Try adding swap space.
> > I have added 2GB of swap space on my alix and it has been running fine ever
> > since.
>
> My “disk” is 2GB. I don’t even have any X sets loaded as they won’t fit.
>
> > On Oct 2, 2019, at 09:03, Olivier Cherrier <o...@symacx.com> wrote:
> > On mine (only 32 MB of swap), I had to disable kernel relinking.
> > Otherwise, the system more or less collapses at boot time.
>
>
> Yeah, I believe I only have 32MB of swap (I chose the default disk layout oh
> so long ago).
>
>
> > On Oct 2, 2019, at 08:34, Joe Barnett <joe.barn...@mr72.com> wrote:
> > 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).
>
> Yeah, so I’m wondering if I want to get a larger CompactFlash card and
> reinstall, try and be clever and go off the reservation, or just pack in the
> 9 of these things I have and get an APU.
>
> > On Oct 2, 2019, at 09:15, Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote:
> > After boot, the kernel is relinked in a random order in the background
> > ("/usr/libexec/reorder_kernel &" in /etc/rc).
>
> Yes, I’m familiar with why it’s done. I was mostly wondering if I broke
> something because I’ve not had this problem since I got these things (I don’t
> even know how long ago), and 6.5 just killed it.
>
> > Unfortunately the Alix doesn't have much RAM and if you have pretty
> > much anything other than a minimal set of daemons running it won't
> > cope well.
>
> I’m running nsd and unbound. I can turn off smtpd. . . What I would be nice
> to do is delay starting daemons until relinking is done. Regardless, I think
> I have my answer about why it’s falling over.
>
> > You can disable the reordering by removing /var/db/kernel.SHA256
> > but be aware that syspatch relies on the reorder_kernel mechanism in
> > order to apply kernel patches.
>
> Good to know. I’m going to do everything I can to avoid turning off
> relinking, because I want to go on the big boy rides! :-)
>
> Sean
>
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