Default vm-bhyve template for #freebsd has 256MB RAM.

The installer dies silently trying to fetch pkgbase packages.

2GB works.

@mwl this is a bug which is in mt TODO to fix
Excessive memory usage in pkg 2.4.2 · Issue #2578 · freebsd/pkg

I'm currently trying to upgrade to FreeBSD 15. pkg upgrade keeps getting killed by the OS for using too much memory. See attached screenshots. Note that there's nothing else running on the system. ...

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@mwl @grahamperrin yes this is hopefully adressed