Boot environment, packages, and settings revert after reboot

blooper98

I'm posting here in hopes of troubleshooting my SG-1100. I am having trouble getting my settings to remain after a reboot. I used the appliance without problem for 3-4 years, so I worry that it is an issue with the storage, but hopefully it is a setting I overlooked.

System: Netgate 1100
Version: 23.05.1-RELEASE (zfs install)

Currently, if I create and activate a new boot environment like this

Then reboot to activate the new environment, and find that the newly created boot environment is gone, like this

Finally, even without creating a new boot environment, if I update, install, or remove any settings (including interface settings, firewall rules, adding and removing packages) I find them reverted after a reboot, making it difficult to make my network function as intended.

Does anyone know what may be causing this issue, or any troubleshooting tips that could help?
Thank you!

blooper98

From the command line I ran zpool status -x which resulted in the following output

  pool: pfSense
 state: ONLINE
status: One or more devices has experienced an error resulting in data
	corruption.  Applications may be affected.
action: Restore the file in question if possible.  Otherwise restore the
	entire pool from backup.
   see: https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/msg/ZFS-8000-8A
  scan: scrub repaired 0B in 00:01:13 with 1339 errors on Wed Oct 25 15:21:44 2023
config:

	NAME         STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
	pfSense      ONLINE       0     0     0
	  mmcsd0s3a  ONLINE       0     0 3.51K

errors: 967 data errors, use '-v' for a list

which indicates that the pool must be destroyed and restored from backups. Seeing as how the SG1100 disk is not user replaceable, I will try a software reinstallation and hope for the best.

stephenw10

Yes backup the config and try re-installing clean to be sure.