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    • stephenw10S Offline
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      Nope that's not expected. SWAP should be enabled by default if it's present. Are you running UFS or ZFS?

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        jos-andel @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10
        We are running on zfs. Today I rebooted to test if I could reproduce it, after this reboot still no swapspace and another alert in the monitoring. So looks like reproducable.

        Thanks, Jos

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        • stephenw10S Offline
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Do you see any errors at boot? Have you ever made any custom changes to the SWAP setup?

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          • J Offline
            jos-andel @stephenw10
            last edited by

            @stephenw10
            We never changed swap setup. Always upgraded through the normal upgrade procedure. From version 23 to 25.

            In my dmesg boot output:
            module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xffffffff80760600, 0) error 1
            module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff807606b0, 0) error 1
            module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff80760760, 0) error 1
            module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_bss_fw, 0xffffffff8077fdd0, 0) error 1
            module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff8077fe80, 0) error 1
            module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff8077ff30, 0) error 1

            But nothing related to swap.

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            • stephenw10S Offline
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Yeah those errors from the wifi drivers are normal when the hardware isn't present.

              Hmm, I wonder if this is because you have multiple SWAP devices.

              Try running: /bin/cat /etc/fstab | /usr/bin/grep swap | /usr/bin/awk '{ printf $1 }' | /usr/bin/head -n 1

              That's what the RC script runs to get the swap device, if it returns something unexpected it may fail.

              Do you see /tmp/fstab.swap present?

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                jos-andel @stephenw10
                last edited by

                @stephenw10
                I think you're onto something.

                25.07-RELEASE][admin@vpnspare.mgmt.blah]/root: /bin/cat /etc/fstab | /usr/bin/grep swap | /usr/bin/awk '{ printf $1 }' | /usr/bin/head -n 1
                /dev/ada0p2/dev/ada1p2[25.07-RELEASE][admin@vpnspare.mgmt.blah]/root:

                cat /tmp/fstab.swap
                /dev/ada0p2/dev/ada1p2 none swap sw 0 0

                That doesn't look like a correct device, so it's quite likely that this breaks it. We have 4 Netgate 7100's which are like this, with two SSD's built in. We got them delivered like this, no modifications done (except for a broken PSU two times).

                On 24.11 it works just fine, and probably on all previous versions we used as well in the past 3 years or so.

                On 24.11 it looks like this:
                /root: swapinfo
                Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity
                /dev/ada0p2 1048576 0 1048576 0%
                /dev/ada1p2 1048576 0 1048576 0%
                Total 2097152 0 2097152 0%

                root: cat /tmp/fstab.swap

                Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass#

                /dev/ada0p2 none swap sw 0 0
                /dev/ada1p2 none swap sw 0 0

                Thanks, Jos

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                • stephenw10S Offline
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Aha! Ok let me do some digging here....

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                  • stephenw10S Offline
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    Ah, already reported in 2.8: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/16232

                    Looks like an easy enough fix though. Patch incoming....

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                    • stephenw10S Offline
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Ok this works for me: 175.diff

                      It's a very simple (one character!) change so you might just manually edit the file. Let us know if you're able to test that.

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                      • J Offline
                        jos-andel @stephenw10
                        last edited by

                        @stephenw10

                        Just tested the patched pfSense-rc on our spare unit.

                        /etc: diff pfSense-rc.org pfSense-rc
                        590c590
                        < SWAPDEVICE=/bin/cat /etc/fstab | /usr/bin/grep swap | /usr/bin/awk '{ printf $1 }' | /usr/bin/head -n 1

                        SWAPDEVICE=/bin/cat /etc/fstab | /usr/bin/grep swap | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $1 }' | /usr/bin/head -n 1

                        Works like a charm:
                        : swapinfo
                        Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity
                        /dev/ada0p2 1048576 0 1048576 0%
                        /dev/ada1p2 1048576 0 1048576 0%
                        Total 2097152 0 2097152 0%

                        : cat /tmp/fstab.swap

                        Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass#

                        /dev/ada0p2 none swap sw 0 0
                        /dev/ada1p2 none swap sw 0 0
                        [25.07-RELEASE][admin@arn1-ops-vpnspare.mgmt.sidn.nl]/etc:

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                          mvikman
                          last edited by

                          @stephenw10

                          I'm planning to upgrade, but still on 24.11 and I have ZFS mirror with GEOM mirrored swap, would this problem affect my system or is it just for systems with multiple separate (non-mirrored) swap partitions on the both drives?

                          pfSense Plus 25.07.1-RELEASE (amd64)
                          Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF
                          Core i5-6500, 24GB RAM, 2x 240GB SSD (ZFS Mirror)
                          HPE 561T (X540-AT2), 2-port 10Gb RJ45
                          HPE 562SFP+ (X710-DA2), 2-port 10Gb SFP+

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                          • stephenw10S Offline
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            Try running the new command in 24.11: /bin/cat /etc/fstab | /usr/bin/grep swap | /usr/bin/awk '{ printf $1 }' | /usr/bin/head -n 1

                            If that returns a valid device it will be fine in 25.07.

                            Either way it won't prevent you upgrading. And you should just be able to apply the patch afterwards to regain SWAP. If you need it.

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                              mvikman @stephenw10
                              last edited by

                              @stephenw10
                              It returns "/dev/mirror/swap" so guessing it should be ok.
                              Never had pfSense using any swap, but better safe than sorry... :)

                              pfSense Plus 25.07.1-RELEASE (amd64)
                              Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF
                              Core i5-6500, 24GB RAM, 2x 240GB SSD (ZFS Mirror)
                              HPE 561T (X540-AT2), 2-port 10Gb RJ45
                              HPE 562SFP+ (X710-DA2), 2-port 10Gb SFP+

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                              • stephenw10S Offline
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Yup should be fine. 👍

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                                  jos-andel @stephenw10
                                  last edited by

                                  @stephenw10

                                  As expected, also works just fine on 25.07.1-RELEASE.

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                                    matsan
                                    last edited by

                                    Is the SG-3100 a still supported device? Just bricked one of ours updating 24.11 -> 25.07.1 - notice the "unsupported platform" message from the update log.

                                    ...
Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
	pfSense-boot: 24.11 -> 25.07.1 [pfSense-core]

Number of packages to be upgraded: 1
[1/1] Upgrading pfSense-boot from 24.11 to 25.07.1...
[1/1] Extracting pfSense-boot-25.07.1: .......... done
>>> Upgrading pfSense kernel...
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
	pfSense-kernel-pfSense-3100: 24.11 -> 25.07.1 [pfSense-core]

Number of packages to be upgraded: 1
[1/1] Upgrading pfSense-kernel-pfSense-3100 from 24.11 to 25.07.1...
[1/1] Extracting pfSense-kernel-pfSense-3100-25.07.1: .......... done
===> Keeping a copy of current kernel in /boot/kernel.old
>>> Removing unnecessary packages...done.
>>> Upgrading boot code...
Unsupported platform.
System is going to be upgraded.  Rebooting in 10 seconds.
Success
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                                      matsan @matsan
                                      last edited by

                                      Scratch that last post. The problem was related to +30k backup config files as noted in other posts.
                                      Problem solved unit on 25.07.1 now. Will clear the directory before doing our other units.

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                                      • stephenw10S Offline
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        Yup it's only the boot code update script reporting that there. The 3100 is EoL but 25.07(.1) does still support it.

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                                        • PhizixP Offline
                                          Phizix
                                          last edited by

                                          All,

                                          On my SG5100 just upated to 25.07.1 over the weekend. No issues. It uninstalled and re-installed one package automatically. Otherwise I did nothing else.

                                          To be clear, my setup is fairly simple.

                                          Phizix

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                                            johan333
                                            last edited by

                                            Unsuccessful upgrade from 24.11 => 25.07.1 on an SG2100.

                                            Things to Note:

                                            • Performed upgrade from console using option 13
                                            • All went smooth with packages updated, boot code updated, and rebooted into 25.07
                                            • Got to Updating Configuration and abruptly stated "Shutdown Now!"
                                            • Rebooted itself into 24.11

                                            Sincerely welcome any ideas on what might be causing this and/or any diagnostic steps I should take.

                                            Thanks!

                                            Relevant Console Log Output:

                                            Welcome to Netgate pfSense Plus 25.07.1-RELEASE...

...ELF ldconfig path: /lib /usr/lib /usr/lib/compat /usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg /usr/local/lib/ipsec /usr/local/lib/mysql /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.36/mach/CORE
32-bit compatibility ldconfig path:
done.
External config loader 1.0 is now starting... mmcsd0s1 mmcsd0s2 mmcsd0s3 mmcsd0s3a
Launching the init system... done.
Initializing.................... done.
Starting device manager (devd)...done.
Loading configuration...done.
Updating configuration...2025-09-23T23:33:14.237019-07:00 - php-fpm 597 - - /rc.linkup: Ignoring link event during boot sequence.
....2025-09-23T23:33:14.562014-07:00 - php-fpm 597 - - /rc.linkup: Ignoring link event during boot sequence.
2025-09-23T23:33:14.754643-07:00 - php-fpm 598 - - /rc.linkup: Ignoring link event during boot sequence.
2025-09-23T23:33:14.755108-07:00 - php-fpm 1206 - - /rc.linkup: Ignoring link event during boot sequence.
2025-09-23T23:33:14.888755-07:00 - php-fpm 597 - - /rc.linkup: Ignoring link event during boot sequence.
2025-09-23T23:33:14.931626-07:00 - php-fpm 1203 - - /rc.linkup: Ignoring link event during boot sequence.
2025-09-23T23:33:15.026406-07:00 - php-fpm 598 - - /rc.linkup: Ignoring link event during boot sequence.
Shutdown NOW!
shutdown: [pid 2086]
2025-09-23T23:48:09.690216-07:00Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `vnlru' to stop... done
Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `syncer' to stop... 
Syncing disks, vnodes remaining... 0 done
All buffers synced.

                                            Full Console Output: pfsense-console.zip

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