Hello,been running umbrel on pi4 since 2021,last month bitcoin node app kept crashing within 12 hours of resynch.
Tried a reindex in command line and node started resynch the whole chain from the start,
After 20 days it re synched and crashed again and now started downloading the chain from the start again
Pls help
In logs before resynch started I saw disk space to low warning…
umbrel_bitcoin_2025-08-11_08-28.log.txt (80.4 KB)
What size disk do you have?
Is it a seperate hdd/ssd or are you using the sd card?
1tb had
On pi4
You need a larger hdd. Get a 2tb at least.
OK,and do I need to download the chain from the start on the new hdd as my node started to resynch from genesis or us the chain still stored on the old Hardwick,I think it’s easier to just start the new node from scratch and restore seed phrase and lightning channels from backup…..
I went from 1tb to 2tb without full download, i copied the disc over using a linux tool on my linux machine (not on the pi)
Can’t remember which tool i used but it worked perfectly, I ended up redownloading the full chain a few weeks later because I couldn’t get it working when migrating over to bitcoin-knots.
If you are on windows there will be similar tools