Will I be in ”world of troubles” if trying to upgrade to 9?

jtsepp · February 6, 2019 at 7:05 PM

I vaguely remember seeing some post somewhere about an old openelec=>librelec upgrade problem with too small disk partition which is originated from openelec times.

I’m currently running upgraded 8.2.5 with the following disk partitions:

LibreELEC (official): 8.2.5 (RPi2.arm)

LibreELEC:~ # df -hT

Filesystem Type Size Used Available Use% Mounted on

devtmpfs devtmpfs 370.3M 0 370.3M 0% /dev

/dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat 1.0G 141.5M 884.5M 14% /flash

/dev/sda1 ext4 916.8G 729.7G 140.5G 84% /storage

/dev/loop0 squashfs 131.1M 131.1M 0 100% /

tmpfs tmpfs 375.8M 0 375.8M 0% /dev/shm

tmpfs tmpfs 375.8M 7.5M 368.2M 2% /run

tmpfs tmpfs 375.8M 0 375.8M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup

tmpfs tmpfs 375.8M 24.0K 375.7M 0% /var

tmpfs tmpfs 375.8M 0 375.8M 0% /tmp

LibreELEC:~ #

Was it about the size of /flash partition or something else?

So will I be in a ”bad place” if I’ll start the upgrade process or should I just do a clean install to save myself?

**Iridium** · February 6, 2019 at 7:17 PM Official Post

Personally, I always do a fresh install whenever possible. It may be a bit time consuming but it ensures a clean install and removes any "clag" that may be lying around.

If you want to try an upgrade, just make a copy of your SD card and use that to test, or make a LE backup and then use that to restore to a fresh install.

As with all *new* software there may be issues. so if you are "worried" it may be best to wait for a while.

**Da Flex** · February 6, 2019 at 7:25 PM Official Post

I did the upgrade on my RPi3B+, and it runs without problems. This is a "stable" release, no need to worry too much.