> On Aug 4, 2014, at 02:55, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Iâm curious what could have changed between 5.4 and 5.5 that would cause this. I run this system without a swap partition to prevent wear on the CF card, but 5.4 had a 200+ day uptime with it, so that wasnât a problem before. Perhaps 5.5 is a bit more memory intensive and needs the swap? > > > > On a soekris 4501 that I use with -current swap is required to install most packages. You don't need much, I have used a 16MB swap file which works fine even with pretty big packages and allows me to turn it on only when needed. > > > Or maybe itâs time to just put this box to rest⦠or stay with 5.4? > > > > Is there anything else I could do to help troubleshoot? Or is this not worth the effort... > > > > Jordon > >
Thanks for the reply. I tried again with a small swapfile and it worked.
