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    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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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 ๐Ÿ‘ helpful posts!

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          Cergo @SteveITS
          last edited by Cergo

          @SteveITS running dns resolver and set Allow IPv6

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            SteveITS Galactic Empire @Cergo
            last edited by

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

            Upgrades on eMMC storage normally donโ€™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 ๐Ÿ‘ 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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              • GertjanG
                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 ๐Ÿ˜Š
                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 installation๐Ÿ™„ , 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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                  • GertjanG
                    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. ๐Ÿค”

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