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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      If you upgraded from the webgui you likely wouldn't notice this at all until you next connect to the console. You can add the loader line from there and never see that error.

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        Ramosel @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10 said in System General Logs flooded:

        You can interrupt the boot process at the loader menu to reach the loader prompt. Then enter there:

        set hint.ichsmb.0.disabled=1
        boot
        

        Then you can boot into the installer as normal. You can also do that at the first boot after install so it boots normally before adding the loader.conf.local file.

        Cool, thanks! I'll give that a shot this morning. Well, after I move a $hit-ton of snow.

        Once I get the backup router stable on 23.01... Is there any issue with setting that config under the working 22.05 build before I start the update??

        Rick

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          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Ramosel
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          @ramosel said in System General Logs flooded:

          Is there any issue with setting that config under the working 22.05 build before I start the update??

          Nope - that was what I was originally going to do, and prob should of done. But it was good experience to see the flooding, it is a lot! ;)

          An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
          If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
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            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @johnpoz
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            @johnpoz said in System General Logs flooded:

            it is a lot! ;)

            It sure is! Interestingly it doesn't actually prevent you installing if you know what the expected input is. Obviously that's not an option for many people but if you just keep hitting return it will install with the default values.

            Steve

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              Ramosel
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              Thanks Gents!

              I'll get to it a bit later... tractor is getting warmed up, got work to do.

              Steve, if your people do need a real world test on a fix, I'll be glad to run it up on my spare.

              Rick

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                Ramosel @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10 said in System General Logs flooded:

                You can interrupt the boot process at the loader menu to reach the loader prompt. Then enter there:

                set hint.ichsmb.0.disabled=1
                boot
                

                Great Advice, this works fine.

                @johnpoz
                John, I know you had a lot of good info on moving to ZFS back when 2.5.2 was new... Do you have anything written up (or committed to memory) on best practices when setting up ZFS on your 4860?

                Rick

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                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Ramosel
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                  @ramosel so not really - just using default whatever pfsense sets up out of the box to be honest.

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                  If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                  Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
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                    Traveler @Ramosel
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                    @Ramosel @johnpoz Would it be possible to accomplish this with the "System patches" mechanism by creating a custom patch?

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                      Traveler @Traveler
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                      Never mind. Just added with "vi".

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                        Ramosel @Traveler
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                        @Traveler said in System General Logs flooded:

                        Never mind. Just added with "vi".

                        @Traveler said in System General Logs flooded:

                        @Ramosel @johnpoz Would it be possible to accomplish this with the "System patches" mechanism by creating a custom patch?

                        Good question... I'm sure it could have been created as a patch.

                        Are you installing the latest version (as of today, 23.05.1)?
                        Is it still even needed? I haven't removed the line I put into /boot.loader.conf.local.

                        I would have thought they would have included a system check on the pfSense+ version and accounted for this issue in the update.

                        Rick

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                          Traveler @Ramosel
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                          @Ramosel It definitely was still needed. The line made the logs quiet.

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                            Ramosel @Traveler
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                            @Traveler said in System General Logs flooded:

                            @Ramosel It definitely was still needed. The line made the logs quiet.

                            Thanks for the info. I guess I need to edit the file when I build my new install stick.

                            Stephen, since this affects Netgate hardware, is there any effort being put into testing for the affected hardware and fixing the issue on the fly? Or will this just always be a problem from now on?
                            Not complaining, just trying to figure out what I need to put into my recovery docs or not.

                            Rick

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                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                              Yes, it's fixed 'correctly' upstream now. it just wasn't accepted soon enough to be included in 23.05.1.

                              https://reviews.freebsd.org/D39966

                              It will be fixed in 23.09.

                              Steve

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                                Ramosel @stephenw10
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                                @stephenw10 said in System General Logs flooded:

                                Yes, it's fixed 'correctly' upstream now. it just wasn't accepted soon enough to be included in 23.05.1.

                                https://reviews.freebsd.org/D39966

                                It will be fixed in 23.09.

                                Steve

                                You guys are the BEST.

                                Thanks,
                                Rick

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