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    Latest pfsense+ 23.01 beta freezes on Hyper-v

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      fiblimitless @vbjp
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      @vbjp shell into pfsense check your partitions: gpart show

      what do you have?
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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        Yes, is the disk space error actually whilst updating the main root filesystem or possibly the EFI partition?

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        • SnkS
          Snk
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          I'm having the same problem... I tried to perform a new installation increasing the total disk size from 20 to 40GB and I still couldn't complete the update.
          Hangs on: masks 0x00ff0000. 0x0000ff00. 0x000000ff. 0xff000000

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            Are you seeing a drive space error whilst updating?

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              Snk @stephenw10
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              @stephenw10

              I don't see any space errors in the GUI and not even in the console (accessed through Hyper-V)

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                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                Ok, so it just fails to boot at the first reboot during upgrade?
                That's what we might expect given the previous failures.

                Do you have the upgrade log showing what was updated before that reboot?
                Specifically did it update the boot loader?

                Steve

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                  Snk @stephenw10
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                  @stephenw10

                  I ordered the update via GUI, I realized that some packages are pending update in the "Package Updater", but as recommended on the Netgate website, I didn't do any package update.
                  pfsense downloads the full update and tells you to restart the VM.
                  When starting the VM, it hangs at masks 0x00ff0000. 0x0000ff00. 0x000000ff. 0xff000000 and I don't have any more logs being shown in the VM console.
                  Exactly the same message posted by the colleague appears:
                  6e871dea-df1e-48d6-b6b4-ee7cfdaa4ba8-image.png

                  Even redoing the installation from scratch and increasing the VM disk size, the same error occurs.
                  Are there any other procedures you would recommend so that I can gather more logs?

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                    If you SSH to the firewall and then upgrade from the console menu using option 13 you can see exactly what happens before the reboot. That might give some idea as to what's happening.

                    However we did look into this for some time before release and didn't yet find the root cause.

                    https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13895

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                      vbjp @fiblimitless
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                      @fiblimitless
                      Sorry for late reply was busy.
                      Here is what I get when I ran gpart show on my 22.05 vm before upgrade to 23.01 (can't run on upgraded as it does not boot)
                      gpartshow.PNG

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                        Snk
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                        Any updates on the error in question?

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                          Snk
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                          Any news, guys?

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                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate @Snk
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                            @snk said in Latest pfsense+ 23.01 beta freezes on Hyper-v:

                            Any news, guys?

                            Check the Redmine linked a few posts above.

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                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by stephenw10

                              There is one update and that's that this appears probably linked to the loader issues we are seeing in Azure: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13895#note-9

                              Yet that doesn't apply directly because we are still unable to replicate it with multiple NICs defined.

                              However is everyone who is hitting this issue in Hyper-V using a VM with 3 or more NICs defined?

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                                Snk
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                                In my case I only have two nic's in my VM.
                                It would be the WAN and the LAN. However, with the LAN having a bridged vswitch between 3 ports.
                                Worse than even installing again and upgrading by upgrade, when jumping from version 22.05 to 23.01 the error persists.
                                I've tried several combinations of configurations, but without success... Keeping the ZFS standard.
                                I'll try the UFS pattern later.

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                  Ports on the vSwitch wouldn't make a difference. The actual NICs in the VM seemingly can.

                                  You might try a single NIC install or adding more NICs, see if either makes any difference.

                                  Or removing any other virtual hardware from the VM that might be using resources at boot.

                                  Steve

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                                    Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @stephenw10
                                    last edited by Bob.Dig

                                    I have 10 NICs (for not loosing NDI) and no problem. But I don't have dynamic Memory enabled.

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                                      justinx
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                                      make a new hyper-v VM choose "generation 1".
                                      select the existing pfsense vm disk.

                                      boot perfectly! hope it helps.

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                                      • jimpJ
                                        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                                        This should be fixed with the loader changes on Plus 23.05 snapshots, if someone can try upgrading an affected Gen2 VM to 23.05 that would help testing:

                                        https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13895

                                        I still can't reproduce the original boot problem here (on 23.01 or otherwise)

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                                          rpotter28 @jimp
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                                          @jimp said in Latest pfsense+ 23.01 beta freezes on Hyper-v:

                                          This should be fixed with the loader changes on Plus 23.05 snapshots, if someone can try upgrading an affected Gen2 VM to 23.05 that would help testing:

                                          https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13895

                                          I still can't reproduce the original boot problem here (on 23.01 or otherwise)

                                          I tried earlier today at 10:00am EST and it still froze... I got tired of it and deleted the vm. Any hint on what snapshot date I should wait for? May 3rd I presume?

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                                          • jimpJ
                                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                                            The loader changes have been in for a while now, any recent snapshot should be OK if that was the problem.

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