Updates not working??

stephenw10

Ok, try running: pfSense-repoc-static

Then try upgrading at the command line: pfSense-upgrade -d

alano

@stephenw10 When I run pfSense-repoc-static, I get:

pkg-static: No package(s) matching pfSense-pkg-*
pfSense-repoc-static: cannot get package information
failed to collect the system information.

Am I doing something wrong? I'm running these commands within the GUI command line.

stephenw10

Nope that's a legitimate error. Try checking the pkg versions: pkg-static info -x pfsense

alano

@stephenw10 Here's what I got...

pfSense-23.01
pfSense-Status_Monitoring-1.8
pfSense-base-23.01
pfSense-boot-23.01
pfSense-default-config-serial-23.01
pfSense-kernel-pfSense-23.01
pfSense-rc-23.01
pfSense-repo-23.01
pfSense-repoc-20230418_1
pfSense-u-boot-1100-20220428
pfSense-u-boot-2100-20210930_1
pfSense-u-boot-env-20230123
pfSense-upgrade-1.0_65
php81-pfSense-module-0.91

stephenw10

Ah, OK. It's because you have a bad version of pfSense-upgrade. But since you can still see the repos you should be able upgrade it.

Run: pkg-static upgrade pfSense-upgrade

It should offer you version 1.2.1. You will have to agree to ignore the mismatch to allow it.

You may also need to: pkg-static upgrade pfSense-repoc

Steve

alano

@stephenw10 Here's what I get...

Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pfSense-core repository is up to date.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: . done
Fetching packagesite.pkg: .......... done
Processing entries:
Newer FreeBSD version for package wol:
To ignore this error set IGNORE_OSVERSION=yes
- package: 1400094
- running kernel: 1400073
Ignore the mismatch and continue? [y/N]: pkg-static: repository pfSense contains packages for wrong OS version: FreeBSD:14:aarch64
Processing entries... done
Unable to update repository pfSense
Error updating repositories!

Not sure how to answer y/N with the GUI command line??

stephenw10

Better to use the actual command line not the GUI command prompt.

But if you have to use the gui you can run: pkg-static upgrade -y pfSense-upgrade

alano

@stephenw10

Seems to be upgrading now... Will report back later today. Thanks for your help!

alano

Now I'm stuck. After a reboot, no GUI, no command line. I contacted netgate and they sent me a link to pfSense-plus-compat-recovery-23.09.1-RELEASE-aarch64.img, which I flashed on a USB drive, connected to the 1100 and restarted. However nothing.

Next steps would be appreciated.

alano

@alano

I can get to the console, but when I enter my username and password, I get..

login: /etc/rc.initial: No such file or directory

Not sure how to restore the software back to factory defaults get the device to load the firmware from the USB drive.

Please help

stephenw10

You are able to connect to the serial console?

What do you see when you try to boot the USB drive? How does it fail?
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/sg-1100/reinstall-pfsense.html

Steve