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

1st Official Post

    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?

    • 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.