Hard reset & console reset not working any other options?

[stephenw10]

@beardedguy said in Hard reset & console reset not working any other options?:

** /dev/ufsid/6172db556b40a343 (NO WRITE)

That's not expected. Does it show that every time you run fsck?

That ufsid implies you're running UFS not ZFS so there are no snapshots.

[beardedguy]

@stephenw10
it shows that every time, i run fsck. expect it is UFS.

[stephenw10]

Hmm, how old is that 2100 is it a max? It's possible the emmc has gone read only if it's booting from that.

Try booting normally then drop to the shell and create a file. If there are no errors, reboot and see if it's still there.

Ultimately you can try reinstalling from the recovery image.

[beardedguy]

@stephenw10
the 2100 is apx 1.5 yrs old and is not a max.
I'm not familiar with the shell commands, could you let me know which commends to enter or provide a link to shell commands? unable to find what I'm looking for. sry

[SteveITS]

@beardedguy Something like:

ls -l /myfile.txt
(should not already be there)

echo x > /myfile.txt

ls -l /myfile.txt
(should be there now)

[reboot]

ls -l /myfile.txt
(should still be there)

(delete with "rm /myfiletxt")

[beardedguy]

@SteveITS

Enter an option: ^A^ZYou have stopped jobs.
[1] + Suspended /etc/rc.initial

ls -l /myfile.txt

-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2 Jul 17 10:39 /myfile.txt

[stephenw10]

Use menu option 8 to hit the shell. That should still work.

Then run: touch test.txt

If no error is shown check it's actually there and the date is correct with ls -ls

Reboot and check it's still there.

[beardedguy]

@stephenw10
[23.09.1-RELEASE][root@]/root: touch test.txt
[23.09.1-RELEASE][root@]/root: ls -ls
total 12352
4 -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 1011 Dec 6 2023 .cshrc
0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 16 14:34 .hushlogin
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 68 Dec 6 2023 .k5login
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 316 Dec 6 2023 .login
4 -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 1199 Jul 16 14:34 .profile
4 -rw------- 1 root wheel 1024 Jun 13 18:18 .rnd
4 -rw------- 1 root wheel 503 Jul 17 10:49 .sh_history
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2143 Jul 16 14:34 .shrc
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3410 Jul 16 14:34 .tcshrc
1408 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1381843 Mar 5 2023 packetcapture.cap
0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Mar 5 2023 packetcapture.start
10912 -rw------- 1 root wheel 11128832 Dec 19 2022 pkg-static.core
0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 17 10:52 test.txt
[23.09.1-RELEASE][root@]/root:

reboot

Enter an option: ^A^ZYou have stopped jobs.
[1] + Suspended /etc/rc.initial

ls -l /test.txt

ls: /test.txt: No such file or directory

/myfile.txt

-sh: /myfile.txt: Permission denied

[SteveITS]

@beardedguy
Your commands show you created text.txt while you were in /root/ directory but looked for it in the top level: "ls -l /test.txt"...try "ls -l /root/text.txt" instead.

For reference, "ls" shows the directory LiSting, "-l" is "long" format meaning it shows file sizes and uses columns.

"/myfile.txt" by itself would try to run that as a command which is why you got the error.

[beardedguy]

@SteveITS good catch . . thanks.

[23.09.1-RELEASE][root@]/root: touch test.txt
[23.09.1-RELEASE][root@]/root: ls -ls
total 12352
4 -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 1011 Dec 6 2023 .cshrc
0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 16 14:34 .hushlogin
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 68 Dec 6 2023 .k5login
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 316 Dec 6 2023 .login
4 -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 1199 Jul 16 14:34 .profile
4 -rw------- 1 root wheel 1024 Jun 13 18:18 .rnd
4 -rw------- 1 root wheel 545 Jul 17 10:55 .sh_history
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2143 Jul 16 14:34 .shrc
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3410 Jul 16 14:34 .tcshrc
1408 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1381843 Mar 5 2023 packetcapture.cap
0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Mar 5 2023 packetcapture.start
10912 -rw------- 1 root wheel 11128832 Dec 19 2022 pkg-static.core
0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 17 11:08 test.txt

reboot

Enter an option: ^A^ZYou have stopped jobs.
[1] + Suspended /etc/rc.initial

ls -l /root/text.txt

ls: /root/text.txt: No such file or directory

ls -l /root/test.txt

-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 17 11:08 /root/test.txt

[stephenw10]

Hmm, then I would try to recover to 24.03 dircetly and see if it shows errors installing. You should be able to recover the config at the same time.

[beardedguy]

@stephenw10
thanks, is there a process I can follow?

[stephenw10]

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/netgate-2100/reinstall-pfsense.html

[beardedguy]

@stephenw10
i'm going though installation process and its requesting network connection

Verifying the Internet connection...
Trying to reach the Netgate Servers, please wait

i have internet on my laptop connected to console port. any suggestions?

[stephenw10]

You need to have the 2100 WAN connected to something valid so it can reach the pkg servers to install the latest version.

[beardedguy]

@stephenw10
back up and running, thanks for the help, excellent support!

[stephenw10]

Ah, great result!

[beardedguy]

to prevent this kind of problem in the future I am looking for a UPS compatible with the NUT package on the 2100. is there a recommended UPS?

[stephenw10]

There isn't a Netgate recommended UPS.

If you ask in the UPS tools sub though I'm sure you'll get some.

[beardedguy]

@stephenw10 thanks,