System reboots to original version after update

hypnosis4u2nv

@cmcdonald Still can't get the latest snapshot to boot.

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hypnosis4u2nv

@Lurick Are you still having the same issues?

cmcdonald

@hypnosis4u2nv

His issue was fixed by updating the boot loader.

I assume you're also on a BIOS system (not UEFI) ?

hypnosis4u2nv

@cmcdonald Yes

Tried to force it to use the new snapshot and it's hanging.

hypnosis4u2nv

@cmcdonald

cmcdonald

@hypnosis4u2nv

You need to update the boot code

https://forum.netgate.com/post/1156211

hypnosis4u2nv

@cmcdonald Unfortunately can't get back into the working snapshot after I set the updated snapshot to permanent.

cmcdonald

@hypnosis4u2nv Use option 8 at the boot loader menu to select an alt boot environment

hypnosis4u2nv

@cmcdonald I got back in, had to get back into the GUI and set that snapshot as the default because it kept trying to reboot back into the updated default.

bectl mount default
gpart bootcode -b /tmp/be_mount.XXXX/boot/pmbr -p /tmp/be_mount.XXXX/boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ada0
bectl unmount -f default
bectl activate -t default
shutdown -r now

What should I replace XXXX with?

cmcdonald

@hypnosis4u2nv

bectl mount default will return a path in the form of /tmp/be_mount.XXXX replace the references in the subsequent commands accordingly

hypnosis4u2nv

@cmcdonald Thx, Where would I find the defer reboot option? pfSense.localdomain - System Update Update Settings.png

cmcdonald

@hypnosis4u2nv You'll have to manually add

<pfsense>
    <system>
        <firmware>
            <bedeferreboot></bedeferreboot>
        </firmware>
    </system>
</pfsense>

hypnosis4u2nv

@cmcdonald I'm adding that to the config.xml and rebooting?

stephenw10

Yes. You probably don't have a <firmware> section so will have to add that but you will have a <system> section so it should be added inside that.

hypnosis4u2nv

@stephenw10 @cmcdonald Thanks for your help. Gonna give this a go tomorrow morning and report back.

hypnosis4u2nv

@stephenw10 Still don't see anything in the update settings after applying this and rebooting.

pfSense.localdomain - Diagnostics Edit File.png

cmcdonald

@hypnosis4u2nv

You won't see it in the UI. But pfSense upgrader will honor it. The UI bits are in 24.03

hypnosis4u2nv

@cmcdonald OK thanks. I followed the instructions in the link you provided and updated to the latest snapshot. When the system booted up it was on the Feb 29th snapshot. I did a regular update to the latest snapshot and this time it booted up fine on the latest. Although it threw an error upon bootup. Appreciate everyones help to get me past that issue.

Crash report begins.  Anonymous machine information:

amd64
15.0-CURRENT
FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT #0 plus-devel-main-n256292-447d90db3c9: Tue Mar 12 06:38:59 UTC 2024     root@freebsd:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-master-main/obj/amd64/PHcZzx3l/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-master-main/sources/FreeBS

Crash report details:

PHP Errors:
[12-Mar-2024 11:14:44 America/New_York] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Failed opening required '/usr/local/www/shortcuts.inc' (include_path='.:/etc/inc:/usr/local/pfSense/include:/usr/local/pfSense/include/www:/usr/local/www:/usr/local/captiveportal:/usr/local/pkg:/usr/local/www/classes:/usr/local/www/classes/Form:/usr/local/share/pear:/usr/local/share/openssl_x509_crl/') in /usr/local/www/head.inc:26
Stack trace:
#0 /usr/local/www/index.php(340): include()
#1 {main}
  thrown in /usr/local/www/head.inc on line 26

DefenderLLC

@hypnosis4u2nv I think that's an issue with today's build. I saw something similar, but in a crash report via the GUI. First time I've ever seen one of those. I posted the details of my error here:

https://forum.netgate.com/topic/186689/pfsense-plus-crash-report

cmcdonald

@DefenderLLC Yes, we are discussing this internally now.