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    PfSense+ 22.05 -> 23.01 Boot Failure after Upgrade

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      roach32
      last edited by roach32

      Upgraded 22.05 pfsense+ to 23.01 today and stuck at boot with the following error:

      Loading kernel..
      /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x1a8f80 text=0x1052b58 text=0x1a260c0 data-0x140 data=0x2618c4+0×59d73c 0x8+0x1ccba8+0×8+0×1d7685/
      loading configured kernel modules
      /boot/kernel/zfs.ko size 0x5b2878 at 0x3ba5000
      /etc/hostid size=0×25
      /boot/kernel/opensolaris.ko size Oxaab0 at 0x4158000
      /boot/entropy size=0×1000
      staging Oxaa200000 (not copying) tramp Oxb6ac0000 PT4 Oxbab7000
      Start @ Oxffffffff803a9000
      EFI framebuffer information:
      addr, size 0x0000000 , 0×500000
      dimensions 1280 × 1024
      stride 1280
      masks 0x00ff0000. 0x0000ff00. 0x000000ff. 0xff000000

      Anyone have any ideas how to get beyond this? I have changed boot environment and gone back to 22.05 for now but I would like to make sure this is up to date pretty soon for security reasons..

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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        What type of hardware or hypervisor is this installation running on?

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          roach32 @jimp
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          @jimp

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            SteveITS Galactic Empire @roach32
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            @roach32 FYI on security, there are patches in the System Patches package for 22.05.

            Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
            When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
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              roach32 @SteveITS
              last edited by roach32

              @steveits

              thanks for this. unfortunately, all pkgs moved to php8.1 so cannot install system patches package on plus 22.05. Getting this msg:

              WARNING: Current pkg repository has a new PHP major
              version. pfSense should be upgraded before
              installing any new package.

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                SteveITS Galactic Empire @roach32
                last edited by

                @roach32 oh that’s great they added a warning! Interesting I don’t see that yet on my 22.05 but might be triggered by trying an install or update.

                In System/Update change your branch to Previous Stable Version which is now 22.05, then you can install/update packages. Change to Current to upgrade to 23.01.

                Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
                Upvote 👍 helpful posts!

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  I'm not aware of anything that would prevent that specific system from booting, I mostly asked because we had some similar reports from Hyper-V users that it stopped there, but we haven't been able to consistently reproduce that in lab conditions.

                  To start with I'd check System > Advanced, Admin Access tab and make sure you do not have the serial console enabled.

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                  • jimpJ
                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                    last edited by

                    Also if you get those pkg errors, you might want to force a reinstall of pkg after selecting the previous stable/22.05 branch.

                    : pkg-static bootstrap -f
                    : pkg-static update -f
                    

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                      roach32 @SteveITS
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                      @steveits you rock! that worked great

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                        roach32 @jimp
                        last edited by roach32

                        @jimp

                        many thanks Jim. serial console isn't enabled. at any rate, I ordered a brand new server to replace this unit today since I have been wanting to upgrade to a proper powerful server to go the TNSR route and retire this one workstation-class box that isn't upgrading to 23.01. the 6 others will remain on pfsense +.

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                          Snk @jimp
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                          @jimp

                          I'm also having this problem with Hyper-V, the system won't finish booting.
                          I left it for more than 2 hours, before returning with the snapshot.
                          It simply hangs on the message: masks 0x00ff0000. 0x0000ff00. 0x000000ff. 0xff000000
                          And it doesn't go away for hours.

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            See: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/177220/latest-pfsense-23-01-beta-freezes-on-hyper-v

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                              Snk @stephenw10
                              last edited by

                              @stephenw10

                              My installation of pfsense has 15GB of disk, which leads me to believe that there is no space.
                              I just tried to update again and it failed again.
                              I'm completely tied hand and foot.

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Like it filled at update or was already full?

                                if you roll back to an earlier snapshot how much is used?

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                                  Snk @stephenw10
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                                  @stephenw10

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                    That doesn't show how much of the drive is in use. I assume you see a lot less used space in the hypervisor?

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                                      Snk @stephenw10
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                                      @stephenw10

                                      Do you think if I increase the size from 20GB to 80GB it will solve this installation error?

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        Probably, if it;s simply filling the drive at upgrade.

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                                          Snk @stephenw10
                                          last edited by

                                          @stephenw10

                                          Would you have any tutorial on how to expand the space within pfsense?

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                                          • jimpJ
                                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                            last edited by

                                            In some cases, touch /root/force_growfs and then rebooting is sufficient. But that depends on which part of the disk is running out of space. That's quick and easy to try.

                                            A clean install of a recent base is best if you can.

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