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    Reboot gets stuck at "Installing Nvme Lens"

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      Hmm, sounds like some low level incompatibility with that particular drive unfortunately. I'd probably test a single drive to be sure something odd with the mirror isn't happening.

      Also check the Blinkboot version shown in the dashboard is: CORDOBA-03.00.00.03t

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        tariqali @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10

        Not sure where to see the Blinkboot version, but here's my current firmware which looks like what you're referring to:

        Netgate Firmware details:
        Current Firmware Version: 03.00.00.03t-uc-18
        Latest Firmware Version: 03.00.00.03t-uc-18

        I tried Halt and restarting with the power button (3 seconds), successfully.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Yup that's the current version, so all good there.

          So it only fails at reboot?

          Interesting. I'm not sure there's much we can do though. Blinkboot doesn't really have any settings you might try.

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            tariqali @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10 Thanks for following up. I'll report back at the end of the week once I swap the SSDs to see if it keeps happening.

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              tariqali @stephenw10
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              @stephenw10 I was trying to do a fresh install via the USB drive on the new drives and kept getting an error "Failed to fetch the pfSense repository data" during the setup. I'm guessing the repo was down?

              So I decided to clone the old drives, and that seemed to work, but now I have degraded mirror:

                pool: pfSense
               state: DEGRADED
              status: One or more devices could not be used because the label is missing or
                      invalid.  Sufficient replicas exist for the pool to continue
                      functioning in a degraded state.
              action: Replace the device using 'zpool replace'.
                 see: https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/msg/ZFS-8000-4J
              config:
              
                      NAME        STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
                      pfSense     DEGRADED     0     0     0
                        mirror-0  DEGRADED     0     0     0
                          nda0p4  FAULTED      0     0     0  corrupted data
                          nda1p4  ONLINE       0     0     0
              
              errors: No known data errors
              

              Any idea how I can fix this, the "faulted" drive is brand new, I think I just cloned it wrong, so if I could somehow format that faulted drive and recreate the mirror I should be good. I'm hoping to do this without opening up the 6100 again?

              Thanks for any help.

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                tariqali @tariqali
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                I ended up trying a fresh install again today, and it seems like the repo is back online, everything seems to be working as expected, including reboots.

                Thanks @stephenw10 for all your help.

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Great, Yes there was a backend issue last night. Should be fixed now though. 👍

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                  • JonathanLeeJ
                    JonathanLee @tariqali
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                    @tariqali I have some Kingspecs they have taken a beating on my system and keep working.

                    Make sure to upvote

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                      tariqali @JonathanLee
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                      Thanks @JonathanLee, that's good to know, hoping to get at least another 4 years out of the 6100

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                        tariqali @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10 Thanks for letting me know there were backend issue, I think it would be helpful if Netgate posted an announcement when there are issues, maybe some details, and an ETA to restore service.

                        It would save a little headache for some of us.

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