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    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      Cergo
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      For some time now, version upgrading have been very slow, 1-2 hours.
      Could this be related to the disk whose size is 101G used 17G?

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        No, the disk size would not make any difference.

        You have seen the slow upgrade across several upgrades? Between different versions?

        Are you able to check the download speed when it's updating?

        Steve

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          Cergo @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10
          I update rarely, once a year, today I updated from 2.7.0 to 2.7.2 for 40 minutes, it downloads quickly, then reboots and takes a long time to install. And this despite the fact that there were no packages installed there at all. A year ago it also took a very long time to update. I’m starting to think maybe 100 gigs isn’t enough for him when updating.

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            I upgraded a box from 2.7.0 to 2.7.2 on Thursday and it was running in 4GB.

            It took a long time, over an hour, but that was mostly because it's running from a CF card and it's incredibly slow. Your drive should not see anything like that restriction.

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              SteveITS Galactic Empire @Cergo
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              @Cergo is DNS working on pfSense itself? IPv6 enabled or disabled?

              Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
              When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
              Upvote 👍 helpful posts!

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                Cergo @SteveITS
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                @SteveITS running dns resolver and set Allow IPv6

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                  SteveITS Galactic Empire @Cergo
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                  @Cergo does it work though? Diagnostics/DNS Lookup succeeds using both?

                  Upgrades on eMMC storage normally don’t take more than 10-15 minutes so 1-2 hours seems absurdly slow.

                  Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                  When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
                  Upvote 👍 helpful posts!

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                    Cergo @SteveITS
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                    @SteveITS The download is fast, but then after a reboot the unpacking and installation is very slow.

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                      Gertjan @Cergo
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                      @Cergo

                      Next time when you upgrade, while upgrading, open a console, or SSH, option 8 and run 'top' during the upgrade.
                      You'll see what process is so slow ...

                      You didn't tell anything about the hardware used.
                      If the processor used is a 6502, your system is actually very fast 😊
                      Or, as said above, depending the hardware storage used, some time can be needed to write out all the file.
                      For reference : my 4100 Max : updating was as fast as downloading : a minute or two maybe.

                      No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                      Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                        Cergo @Gertjan
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                        @Gertjan top during installation🙄 , I will try.
                        my system it's old hp proliant
                        Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5530 @ 2.40GHz
                        16 CPUs: 2 package(s) x 4 core(s) x 2 hardware threads
                        AES-NI CPU Crypto: No
                        QAT Crypto: No

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                          Gertjan @Cergo
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                          @Cergo

                          .... and the drive is ? I get it, probably not a "eMMC" or a "CF" card.
                          The disk is in a clean state ?
                          Does it boot normally ?

                          No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                          Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                            Cergo @Gertjan
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                            @Gertjan sas raid1

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @Cergo
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                              @Cergo said in very slow upgrading:

                              then after a reboot the unpacking and installation is very slow.

                              Hmm, that seems odd. Hard to see how that could be anything but a drive issue.

                              Unless maybe it's a decompression issue, trying to use some hardware offloading that isn't correctly supported. 🤔

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