From: Renaud Allard <renaud@allard.it>
Subject: Re: /usr size needed for upgrade
To: Adriano Barbosa <barbosa.aob@gmail.com>
Cc: tech@openbsd.org
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:43:37 +0200



On 10/24/25 3:36 PM, Adriano Barbosa wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The upgrade instructions say "Verify that the /usr partition has a
> size of at least 1.1G". My upgrade 7.8 failed because there wasn't
> enough space in /usr, but my partition size is 2.0G.
> /dev/sd1e      2.0G    1.7G    205M    90%    /usr
> 
> Should the instructions be updated, or do they refer to *free* space?
> 
> Obrigado!


Hello,

I had the same issue on a machine that was upgraded multiple times.
Verify that /usr/share/relink/ is not taking too much space. It will be 
recreated at upgrade anyway.

Best Regards