Not yet. We need to run testing now it's been released but it should be possible.

@jrey Nice, thanks for the feedback. I noted the time just to say to wait...in the past people have rebooted early and interrupted the update. The default page starts counting at something like 2-3 minutes implying that's all it should take.

@stephenw10 Awesome. Done! Let's see what you can find out.

Ok, things seem to be working, I can remove and install packages now. I just had to wait it out like everyone said...

Everything appears to be good now on my system except for some nut and pfBlocker package errors. I'll have to work those out later.

Thanks everyone for the comments.

@ebcdic

OK thanks

Thank you for your idea and sharing knowledge , i would give a try on that and provide a new update

@lurick Huge huge thank you!! I've been banging my head against the wall for weeks (on and off) trying to get a remote install working. No matter what I tried, I kept getting errors that pfSense couldn't find updates and that no packages were installed. Absolutely nothing was working or even giving me clues, but running that command (with -y added to work via the web UI) did the trick.
Thank you!

@videojohnh The Register page is only on a CE installation, not plus.

@SteveITS ☝

@rcoleman-netgate Ticket 1418760708 submitted.

Thanks!!

Screenshots would definitely help here, along with knowing exactly which image you downloaded and are trying to install.

The VGA installer doesn't typically prompt for a terminal type, the serial one does. But you wouldn't use a serial-based installer when installing on hardware with a display (or in a VM)

@stephenw10 I will take a closer look into this while the next upgrade. Right now I'm back at 22.05 for the moment.

@stephenw10

Fine thx. For now my only Problem is: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/176647/kern-ipc-maxsockets-limit-reached/19?_=1675342527658

Is it a random MAC shown? Some drivers will generate one if they cannot read the NIC for whatever reason. That's mostly on USB NICs though I've never seen it on igb.

Steve

@ewuewu In addition to all the above advice, there is this:
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/upgrades.html#upgrade-not-offered-library-errors

...but I have seen Netgate post more than once that they suggest reinstalling and restoring the config from backup if it is several versions old. If you really do try upgrading, (and get pfSense to see updates), at a minimum I'd try to upgrade to "previous stable version" first instead of trying the latest, then upgrading again. But, plan on/prep for a reinstall and then you won't be disappointed if the upgrade goes haywire and the router is offline.

sorry to revive old post but I would like to reply for a specific use case no one brought up. As a journalist I need a higher level of security when accessing specific content. I use pfSense as a VPN gateway configure with FDE and zero-logging. It's a lot easier than having to setup vpn after every reboot on my boot-only USB OS.

@rcoleman-netgate It seems sorted out right now...

I did the above command, but then I got messages that packages were updating in the background, and to wait two hours. It never cleared, so I did some reinstalling packages manually, same message.

Reboots had some services not starting, etc...

Finally, I did the "reinstall all packages" options and restored a backup from the 2.6 version and it seems like everything is back to normal, except I'm on pfSense+ now. It wasn't a clean upgrade, but I seem to have force-fed the update in.

I have noticed some issues I had with CE aren't happening now, so that's good.

@visseroth You already can.
Google it. You just add a config folder on the flash drive.

Agreed, it makes sense to allow install of Plus and then to activate/register or whatever process it's called during the first time it goes online. No harm in at least letting it be installed, pretty big oversight imo.

@billl said in Reinstalling confusion re: 'Tip':

Looks like a SG-1100 may not be one of those devices :)

It definitely is in that list. If your cable is not connected snugly it could be spotty and have issues.

The only firewall I've had an issue with, and it was spotty, was the 5100.

@stephenw10
Results: Reinstallation of 2.6.0 on this hardware went smoothly with packages removed beforehand. Restore of prior config from 2.3.5 - no problems detected so far. Backup imaging of the drive was a pain though, took 6 hours with an old version of Clonezilla. Thank you for your inputs.