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    SG-2100 23.01 update failed

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    • alleykatA
      alleykat @Gertjan
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      @gertjan I just happened to be in pfsense and thought. "Hey look an update", and updated lol. Wish I had waited too. Oh well, you never know... But all in all my "recovery" went very well!

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        SteveITS Galactic Empire @alleykat
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        @alleykat https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13967

        entire description:
        "In some situations an upgrade to 23.01 on an 1100 or 2100 will fail after the upgrade process is unable to update the uefi loader in the efi partition.

        The upgrade logs show:

        [1/2] Extracting pfSense-boot-23.01: .......... done
        Updating the EFI loader
        cp: //boot/efi/efi/boot/BOOTaa64.efi No space left on device

        That error does not stop the upgrade which fails to boot when no efi loader can be found."

        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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          netboy @SteveITS
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          @steveits Wow luckily I saw this post.

          My SG-2100 has an update to 23.01 - Luckily after this post I did not download the same.

          What is the advice? Should I wait before the update? How do I know this has been fixed BEFORE I hit the updates?

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            SteveITS Galactic Empire @netboy
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            @netboy If you create a redmine account you can Watch the bug report. Or I suppose watch this subforum. There are 2100s that have upgraded and obviously Netgate didn't find anything in testing so it's not every device. You can get the 23.01 firmware ahead of time to reinstall.

            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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              netboy @SteveITS
              last edited by

              @steveits OK. I guess I will watch this forum before I update.....

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                mspeculatrix
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                Naive question here: Given that I'm experiencing problems with the eMMC, is there any way I can log into a minimal BSD environment via the console and try reformatting that drive?

                The SG-2100 is way out of warranty and effectively bricked at the moment, so it's not like I can make the situation worse.

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                  bigsy @mspeculatrix
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                  @mspeculatrix If the eMMC is dead, will adding an m.2 sata drive not work for a fresh installation?

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                    SteveITS Galactic Empire @mspeculatrix
                    last edited by SteveITS

                    @mspeculatrix you can reinstall using the firmware link I posted above.

                    Ps
                    https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/index.html

                    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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                      mspeculatrix @SteveITS
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                      @steveits I've already tried using 23.01 and 22.05. No dice.

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                        mspeculatrix @bigsy
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                        @bigsy I hadn't thought of that. Might be worth dropping a few pennies on an M.2 SSD just to find out. If it doesn't work, I'm sure I can find a use for it.

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                        • keyserK
                          keyser Rebel Alliance @mspeculatrix
                          last edited by

                          @mspeculatrix You can, and it will work. Once a M.2 SATA drive is fitted in it, the mmc0 wil effectively be disabled. It might prolong the boot phase though if the mmc0 stops responding all together.

                          Love the no fuss of using the official appliances :-)

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                            mspeculatrix @keyser
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                            @keyser Ok, thanks guys. SSD ordered from Amazon. I've already replaced the SG-2100, but it would be good to have a backup.

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                              mcury @mspeculatrix
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                              @mspeculatrix https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/23-01.html#errata-known-hardware-issues

                              It seems that the PCI BUS won't work when using SG-2100 and 23.01.

                              dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                                keyser Rebel Alliance @mcury
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                                @mcury Not in issue regarding the M.2 Sata port. Its the SOC’s M.2 SATA feature that drives this.

                                Love the no fuss of using the official appliances :-)

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                                  keyser Rebel Alliance @mspeculatrix
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                                  @mspeculatrix said in SG-2100 23.01 update failed:

                                  @keyser Ok, thanks guys. SSD ordered from Amazon. I've already replaced the SG-2100, but it would be good to have a backup.

                                  Did you notice the “speciel” keyed M.2 SATA device needed for the SG-2100? Standard M.2 SATA keyed drives cannot be mounted.

                                  Love the no fuss of using the official appliances :-)

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                                    keyser Rebel Alliance @mspeculatrix
                                    last edited by

                                    @mspeculatrix They are not hard to find, you just need to be aware of this.

                                    Love the no fuss of using the official appliances :-)

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                                      mcury @keyser
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                                      @keyser said in SG-2100 23.01 update failed:

                                      Not in issue regarding the M.2 Sata port. Its the SOC’s M.2 SATA feature that drives this.

                                      hm, I thought that the M.2 port was PCI and not Sata. Disregard my last post then.
                                      Thanks for the info keyser.

                                      dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                                        bigsy @keyser
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                                        @keyser Are you sure about that for the 2100? I know it's the case for the 4100/6100.

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                                          mspeculatrix @keyser
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                                          @keyser I read this: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/netgate-2100/m-2-sata-installation.html

                                          It says nothing about special keying - just that it has to be a 2242 and not NVMe.

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                                            bigsy @mspeculatrix
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                                            @mspeculatrix I have a factory fitted 32GB m.2 sata in a 2100. I haven't opened the case to see what it looks like. Smartctl reports it as ATP SATA III M.2 2242

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