Pfsense 22.05 - 23.01 update mount stays read only

swittzy

Hello,
I have a Netgate-XG-7100-1U

I have updated from 22.05 to 23.01 using the web ui. The web ui asked for my pfsense to reboot, after the reboot, it seems to be trying to rm old files, however they are read only and it fails ```
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rm: /var/cache/pkg/vstr-1.0.15_1~91afd7b376.pkg: Read-only file system
rm: /var/cache/pkg/php81-pfSense-module-0.91.pkg: Read-only file system
rm: /var/cache/pkg/dhcpleases6-0.1_3~580a4e1610.pkg: Read-only file system
rm: /var/cache/pkg/liblz4-1.9.4,1~71ccdeee7b.pkg: Read-only file system
rm: /var/cache/pkg/liblz4-1.9.4,1.pkg: Read-only file system
rm: /var/cache/pkg/libgcrypt-1.9.4_1~9eda680265.pkg: Read-only file system
rm: /var/cache/pkg/php81-posix-8.1.11~b8cd84b340.pkg: Read-only file system
rm: /var/cache/pkg/iftop-1.0.p4~a6b8be081a.pkg: Read-only file system
rm: /var/cache/pkg/php81-posix-8.1.11.pkg: Read-only file system
rm: /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-kernel-pfSense-23.01~83c7eda289.pkg: Read-only file system
rm: /var/cache/pkg/zstd-1.5.2_1~7183148e4d.pkg: Read-only file system
rm: /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-kernel-pfSense-23.01.pkg: Read-only file system
rm: /var/cache/pkg/zstd-1.5.2_1.pkg: Read-only file system

It does not boot.
I already tried to boot into single user mode and run fsck -y / several times then reboot. Nothing came up and it's still failing to boot.

Something weird, mount and fdisk produce no output.
Here are the logs from the /cf/conf/update files
```Saving updated package information...
overwrite!
Loading package configuration... done.
Configuring package components...
Custom commands...
Menu items... done.
Writing configuration... done.
[2/2] Upgrading pfSense-pkg-Netgate_Firmware_Upgrade from 0.51 to 0.54...
[2/2] Extracting pfSense-pkg-Netgate_Firmware_Upgrade-0.54: .......... done
Removing Netgate_Firmware_Upgrade components...
Menu items... done.
Loading package instructions...
Saving updated package information...
overwrite!
Loading package configuration... done.
Configuring package components...
Loading package instructions...
Custom commands...
Menu items... done.
Writing configuration... done.
>>> Removing unnecessary packages... done.
>>> Cleanup pkg cache... done.
# cat /cf/conf/upgrade_log.txt
>>> Setting vital flag on php74... done.
>>> Updating repositories metadata... done.
23.01 version of pfSense is available

After the reboot, going into single user mode, when I check /etc/version it's still 22.05 ?

Unfortunately I do not have any ZFS boot environments

stephenw10

Did the filesystem run out of space?

I would probably just reinstall clean if you have a config backup.

Just open a ticket to get the reinstall image:
https://www.netgate.com/tac-support-request

Steve

swittzy

Yep the only solution was to reinstall clean and rerun the config. Thank you