upgrade failing on extraction

[davegod75]

I've tried to upgrade mulitple time now but it keeps failing before it even starts.

***GOT REQUEST TO UPGRADE: maj***
Fetching packages-21.1-OpenSSL-amd64.tar: ... done
Fetching base-21.1-amd64.txz: .................................................... done
Fetching kernel-21.1-amd64.txz: .............................. done
!!!!!!!!!!!! ATTENTION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
! A critical upgrade is in progress. !
! Please do not turn off the system. !
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Extracting packages-21.1-OpenSSL-amd64.tar...Abort trap
***DONE***

Any ideas?  I have a pretty vanilla setup.

[bartjsmit]

Try rebooting before the upgrade, which is always prudent 

Are you upgrading from the console?

Bart...

[franco]

A bit difficult to say, although pretty clear that "tar" command is failing here. Maybe not enough memory (disk, RAM, SWAP) for tar to unpack?


Cheers,
Franco