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    Having an issue with XG-2758 firmware update

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      Do you see a log in /conf? Or have the exact error?

      Steve

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        Sycraft @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10

        /conf/netgate_firmware_upgrade.log says:

        Failed to read flash data, exiting ...

        So not really any more information than was in the GUI. Any other place I should be looking for more detail?

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          Hmm, nope looks like this is known: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/11970

          I'm looking now to see what can be done other than downgrading to 2.4.4p3.

          Steve

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            Sycraft @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10

            Sounds good. However if it isn't too big an issue to downgrade and then upgrade again that can be done. It is currently live in a test environment, not production, so as long as I back up the settings it isn't a big deal if I have to mess with it.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              Ok, if you're able to do that it's going to be the easiest way.
              Please open a ticket with us and we can get you the recovery image to do that:
              https://go.netgate.com/

              Steve

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                Sycraft @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10

                Well sadly that didn't work either. Downgrade went fine, but after install there was no firmware update package installed. Going to the package manager, it had no packages available to be installed, I'm guessing support may have been dropped since it is an older release.

                I put the appliance back on PF+ 21 and reloaded the config and it is running fine again. I'd still like to update the firmware, if possible, but it isn't urgent at this point.

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                  Hmm, I'm surprised. I expected the Netgate Coreboot Upgrade package to be installed by default there. Though it's been a while since I tested 2.4.4p3.
                  Testing an iso install here I was able to install that package after setting the update repo branch to 2.4.X deprecated. I would expect that to work if you're able to retry.

                  Steve

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                    Ah I see what happened. I've replied to your ticket with a different firmware image.
                    I tested that here on a 4860 and the Coreboot Update package is there by default.

                    Steve

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                      Sycraft @stephenw10
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                      @stephenw10

                      That did the trick. It happily updated to version 18 of the BIOS and I've restored it to PF+ 21 and gotten the config back on it and all is working well. I'll keep around the old image just incase but everything looks good.

                      Thanks for all your assistance.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        Excellent! 👍

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