Hello, Thanks for response. I have tried few different USB, different brands, same result. My experience with APU boards is very good, dozens installed and never had any issues. But....Never thought that I have overlooked this..... Burned image on USB was for VGA not serial console. After selecting proper image for APU, boot and install went OK, as usual. :)

@mrpete I have not noticed that, but have occasionally seen issues with packages or updates over the years. I would restart the router and see if you can duplicate it then.

@jsmiddleton4 Leaving it be at GPT(BIOS) and my Dell bios set to Legacy. As far as I can tell there’s nothing about UEFI vs “Legacy” that makes any difference. If it boots, it boots…..

@johnpoz Windows 11 thing. Forces NTFS or exFAT if thumb drive larger than 32gb.

@johnpoz Well, it was early last year that I upgraded my SG-2440s. I may recall incorrectly. But, I remember seeing that it was CE on the one afterwards and wishing I had done it correctly (Plus) like the other one. It's just more of a pain now to upgrade. Thanks, Dave

@aussie dude you extracted the img file.. There is the .gz file you download This extracts to .img file If you extract the .img file then you get [image: 1640346219465-doesthishelp.jpg] The hash is for the .gz file, not the .img file.. The file you burn is the .img file.. Just use the software they recommend - it burns the .gz file and auto does the extraction ;)

@theonlyone-0 said in unable to upgrade older pfsense: does anyone have any ideas? Simple solution is just contact netgate for the install image for your sg4860, take a backup of your config. Clean install and then restore you backup. This is how I recently upgraded a 3100 from 2.4.4p3 - was seeing same sort of weirdness when trying to update, and it only saw 21.02, etc.

@fabiensch said in Manual installation pfSense 2.5.2 on APU2 engine problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCTBW3djp64 Is this a hardware problem or am I doing something wrong? I am not 100% shure but it seams that your SSD has a hardware problem ...

@stephenw10 I was able to solve it. I was using the serial install file when I should have used the VGA install file. It was probably working just fine, but when it got to the point mentioned above, it was displaying to the serial port and not my monitor. Once I used the VGA install file, it worked perfectly.

That’s good feedback, thanks guys. I see nothing now to discourage me from upgrading to 2.5.2. Even the prospect of 2.6.0 perversely steers me towards 2.5.2. I don’t really want to be two generations behind, but I am always nervous of dot zero releases.

@parkerask_centuryci said in Crash during upgrade from 2.45 to 2.5.2: using "pfSense-CE-memstick-serial-2.5.2-RELEASE-amd64.img.gz" That's an Intel/AMD processor based version. Your device is a "NetGate SG-2100" = ARM processor based. That's a no-go. Contact support to get the latest pfSense Plus 21.a.b version. edit : @steveits said in Crash during upgrade from 2.45 to 2.5.2: ARM installer which you can get here

@iahmad Take a look at https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/upgrades.html#upgrade-not-offered-library-errors

@christians86 said in Branch and packages blank - can't update or add packages: or is there another way? Sure. Consider : [image: 1637584305209-21aa3179-69ed-48be-a380-ab80e0bb9e6e-image.png] which means your pfSense can't connect to the Netgate servers who host the update files. It's some for a check list : this one : Troubleshooting Upgrades. edit : or check the forum. It happens ones in while that some one breaks the ability of pfSEnse itself being able to connect to the Internet. Most often a DNS issue.

More information would be helpful here. First, what version of pfSense are you currently running? Second, what package (or packages) are you looking to have updates for? Packages for the current pfSense versions are updated, but not every package is updated at the same frequency. But if you are running an outdated pfSense version, (meaning not the current RELEASE or DEVEL branch), then package versions will indeed be "frozen" as package versions are tied to specific pfSense builds. The packages associated with older pfSense versions are not updated.

@jimp I did the following and still without luck to get the v5.0 running. removal of all ntop packages deletion of all ntop folders reinstall ntopng package However, I can tell the interface is looking like v5.0. v4.0 wouldn't be giving me some screens that I'm familiar with. At least my company is running both v4.2 and v5.1 so I could identify the difference. I hope I have a chance to get it up in a VM. Or perhaps if I can pay to get it fixed because I run out of time for work.

@paco-0 I assume the filesystem check does nothing, how about pkg update && pkg upgrade from the shell?

@stephenw10 It was apparently a problem with the motherboard and or cpu. Switched to a different system( AMD a10 apu vs. original FX6300 ) and was able to compete boot DVD. Now thinking of using it as a 10Gb router/switch instead of firewall if possible.