pfSense 2.6.0 installed but FreeBSD still on 12.2 and RELENG_2_5_0..?

bartlaarhoven

-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  63012384 Jan 31 21:07 /boot/kernel/kernel

stephenw10

Huh. Presumably then it still has the 2.5.2 kernel in /boot/kernel.old and is somehow still booting it?

You have any custom loader lines that might do that?

Steve

bartlaarhoven

@stephenw10 I wouldn't know why or where to set that How can I see my custom loader lines?

stephenw10

Check /boot/loader.conf and /boot/loader.conf.local (if it exists).

bartlaarhoven

Btw I don't know if my kernel.old is 2.5.2:

[2.6.0-RELEASE][bart@prd-fw-2.internal.grexx.io]/boot: ls -al /boot/kernel*/kernel
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  63012384 Jan 31 21:07 /boot/kernel.old/kernel
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  63012384 Jan 31 21:07 /boot/kernel/kernel

bartlaarhoven

@stephenw10

[2.6.0-RELEASE][bart@fw-2.example.com]/boot: cat /boot/loader.conf*
autoboot_delay="3"
hw.hn.vf_transparent="0"
hw.hn.use_if_start="1"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
cat: /boot/loader.conf.d: Is a directory

Thanks for your help btw so far!!

stephenw10

Hmm, that is very odd. I don't think I've ever seen that before and I'm not sure how it could happen.
The fastest way fast it is almost certainly to reinstall and restore though unfortunately. Unless that's not something you can do.

Steve

stephenw10

What do you see from?

[2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@t70.stevew.lan]/root: freebsd-version -kur
12.3-STABLE
12.3-STABLE
12.3-STABLE

bartlaarhoven

@stephenw10

[2.6.0-RELEASE][bart@fw-2.example.com]/boot: freebsd-version -kur
12.3-STABLE
12.2-STABLE
12.3-STABLE

stephenw10

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bartlaarhoven

@stephenw10 Hi! I don't want to bother you too much but do you maybe have another idea what to do here? Or is the reinstall really the only option?

stephenw10

Reinstall is what I would do unless there's some reason you can't, like it's remote with no out of band access.
The only other thing you might try is the forced full reinstall of all packages:
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/upgrades.html#forced-pkg-reinstall

Steve

bartlaarhoven

@stephenw10 Okay, I can't say I'm happy with that answer but I understand it haha. Thanks!

stephenw10

Manually forcing reinstall of pfSense-kernel-pfSense-2.6.0.pkg should get you onto the correct kernel after a reboot. But the kernel file you have already looks correct.
Once you do that can you ever be 100% confident of the install?
If reinstalling is very inconvenient then it's probably worth trying first but reinstalling and restoring a config is usually quick and easy.
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/backup/restore-during-install.html

Steve