Solved:
I had a static DNS entry for ews.netgate.com to 127.0.0.1 added in the past to speedup dashboard loading time in case of internet down
Removed it, now I've started the upgrade

Try running at the command line: pkg -d update

Check any errors.

If there are errors try: pkg -d4 update

If completes quickly without errors it implies you have an IPv6 connectivity issue. You can set pfSense to prefer v4 In Sys > Adv > Networking if necessary.

Steve

@stephenw10 Many thanks, this resolved my issue and now the installer can see the nvd0 drive. I had a feeling it was something to do with the partitions but I wasnt sure. The limited BIOS really threw me for a loop.

Hmm, interesting. That shouldn't be required and I'd be hesitant to recommend it until I fully understood exactly what that did or why it was needed.

Probably this: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14569

Or rather this: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=269133

@SpitefulMonkey

More info is needed.

If I would set this :

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then my 23.05.1 would be more recent that what is set "23.01" and I would see probably that (your) message.
So, in that case : easy solution. Check also the other "Update settings" menu.

@DaddyGo sorry - I ended up doing the config backup, clean install, config restore. 5 mins thing a few days ago when I could finally get to the site. Would have preferred a remote fix, but sometimes you need physical fingers and thumbs :)

@stephenw10

Thanks! That did the trick!

John

Just happened on this thread, because I too am a total newbie to PfSense and am currently going through the learning process while setting it up with the help of the docs, and nguvu's very helpful "pfSense baseline guide with VPN, Guest and VLAN support"...

I have to say that everyone here is so extraordinarily helpful. Have a nice day everyone!

A chappie

@stephenw10 Yes, You are right.

Only few items were left in the partition.

root@:~ # mount /dev/ada0p2 /mnt
root@:~ # ls
.k5login .profile .shrc recover_configxml.sh
root@:~ # cd /mnt
root@:/mnt # ls
.cshrc .profile .rnd .snap .sujournal dev lib libexec sbin usr var
root@:/mnt #

I would recommend at least uninstalling Squid before the upgrade. There have been issues with the install/uninstallscript in that package across a php version.

i managed to get updated to 2.7 in the end.

I reverted to a 2.4.4 snapshot and then changed the update branch.

@Tom8 said in Unable to check for updates:

is possibly a misconfiguration from my ISP

I agree @Tom8

@aryanrai said in Unable to boot:

But why it boot without any issue even in efi mode after booting from another pc

It depends on a number of things, the EFI implementation on that other system is different in some key way.

But does it show in the boot logs when booting the installer? Does it show an error against either drive or drive controller for example?

Lets see the full boot log.

I had applied it about a week ago. Took me a while to work out that's also when the issues started. Once reverted, issues resolved. I'll add a note. Cheers

@stephenw10 hi, no I've been using the same (HPE MicroServer Gen 10 Plus) since 2020, I could not find my old activation token so I ordered a new one from your store today. I've sent my NDI to you via a a chat :)

Are you running Plus? Check System > Boot Environments. You probably have a bunch of old ZFS snaps you can remove to free space.

If it's in an unknown state I would also suggest reinstalling clean.

But if it is able to reach the package servers you can try force reinstalling all the pkgs:
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/upgrades.html#forced-pkg-reinstall

Steve

@ddepaolis You can upgrade directly to the latest version if it is offered.

You can set the update branch to Previous Stable: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/install/upgrade-guide.html

Per the upgrade guide it is recommended to uninstall packages, upgrade, and then reinstall packages. Otherwise the upgrade will also try to upgrade packages during the upgrade. Either way they do get upgraded to the latest version. Package settings are saved by default, though a few like pfBlockerNG have a checkbox to remove package settings when uninstalling.