Unclear what happened if you didn't delete it yourself.

However with those symptoms you should open a ticket with us to get a recovery image:
https://www.netgate.com/tac-support-request

Steve

There is some automation there but it's not fully automated. Support work 24/7 though. 😉

Just for reference you can install CE on the SG-2440 but you need to use the ADI specific image because of it's serial console setup. So for example this:
https://nyifiles.netgate.com/mirror/downloads/pfSense-CE-memstick-ADI-2.5.2-RELEASE-amd64.img.gz

But you should run Plus on the SG-2440 if you can anyway.

Steve

How to remove wireguard interfaces?

So...after scouring the web....
I found this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PFSENSE/comments/9l5fqo/422_upgrade_boots_up_yet_monitor_stuck_at_booting/

I proceeded to test, and yes, pfSense 2.5.2 does boot in legacy mode on the Zotax CI-323 to install, you are just unable to see it booting as the console output stops after you see the message can't find file '/boot/entropy'.

The solution was shown in the above link to be:

hit [esc] during initial pfsense boot. At the prompt, type "set kern.vty=sc" hit return At the prompt, type "boot"

I was able to see the boot and prompts to install once this was completed.

There is likely an issue with a kernel driver, but this solves the problem for now.

Once I installed with the updated realtek driver, I my /boot/loader.conf.local config is as follows:

kern.vty=sc
if_re_load="YES"
if_re_name="/boot/modules/if_re.ko"

The system is now booting in legacy mode and I have the updated CI-323 driver 1.96_04 installed as a module.

The system is stable.

For what it's worth, I have used a pfsense Zotac CI-321 for more than 2 years with a recompiled kernel and loaded the updated realtek drivers in the kernel. This box achieves 1Gbps throughput routinely and hasn't been rebooted for months. I run it on AT&T Fiber for basic firewall with NAT.

I will be recompiling the FreeBSD kernel to include the updated realtek drivers for the CI-323 as well with hopes of duplicating the performance I get on the CI-321.

It's a shame we have to do this.

I do agree with you. The Intel NICs are mostly painfree with respect to pfsense functionality.
Realtek needs some love to get working properly.

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

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 :

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.