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    PfSense+ 22.05 -> 23.01 Boot Failure after Upgrade

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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
              last edited by

              @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
                  last edited by

                  @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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                    • SnkS
                      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

                          This is my gpart status
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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            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
                              last edited by Snk

                              @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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                                    • SnkS
                                      Snk @jimp
                                      last edited by

                                      @jimp

                                      That's what I thought... I'm preparing the host to do a clean install of the 23.01 version and later return my backup.

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                                      • SnkS
                                        Snk
                                        last edited by

                                        I did a fresh install straight from version 2.6.0 to version 22.01 and 22.05. When going to s version 23.01 the same problem continues. Locks in masks and that's all... It's difficult.

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                                        • SnkS
                                          Snk
                                          last edited by

                                          Guys, any news? Did you manage to install the 23.01 version normally in Hyper-V or still nothing?

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                            last edited by

                                            No updates AFAIK. You're probably better posting in the linked thread above where we were looking at it during beta/RC.
                                            This is probably some issue between the boot loader and the environment presented by Hyper-V. But it only affects some instances. Testing here it always booted and ran fine.
                                            We are looking something similar we had to workaround in Azure that may also apply here. Unfortunately the workaround does not.

                                            Steve

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