Ian, Thanks for the reply. I figured maybe it was low issue for people and just wanted the list to know I resolved it so no time spent on it...
I reread the upgrade guide, and then looked at past upgrade guides and came to the conclusion the documentation just said you only needed a partition for /usr greater in size than 1.1G, which I have (not that you needed 1.1GB of free space on the partition). So I went ahead and upgraded to 6.9, no issues noted... The issue really is this: I set up this router years ago when the install documentation must have stated a [recommended] partition size for /usr of 2.0GB. 2.0GB is the current partition size for /usr on this router. I could be wrong on this. Compared to other partitions on this box /usr is far smaller than anything else... /usr, right after I finished upgrading to 6.8 (all patches installed, ports/packages upgraded, sysclean ran, etc) had 783M free. After the same process going to 6.9, /usr has 813M free. I really was/am concerned about running out of space on /usr. I still am, and I could swap my /tmp and /usr partitions if I knew how to do this...and, if the thought is /usr would fill up or cause issues in future upgrades. I also have a /usr/obj, /usr/src, /usr/X11R6, etc., partitions. All those have ample space. Jay >> Answered my own question. > > Posting that bare announcement to the list is either unnecessary > (noise) or frustrating (no details provided). > > Future readers of your email who are facing the same problem might > feel flummoxed, along the lines of, "Yes, but what was your answer?" > > Ian > > On 19/05/2021, Jay Hart <jh...@kevla.org> wrote: >> Answered my own question. >> >> Jay >> >>> My partition size for /usr is 2.0G. Currently using 1.1G, and df is >>> reporting 783M available. >>> >>> Can I upgrade from 6.8 release to 6.9 release without the upgrade failing >>> due to lack of space in /usr? >>> >>> I'm thinking I'm ok. >>> >>> In the future, would it be advisable to increase this partitions size? I >>> could swap /usr (2.0G) for /tmp (3.9G), if I had a process to do >>> this. >>> >>> Thanks in Advance! >>> >>> Jay >>> >>> >> >> >> >
