Update or Fresh install of 25.07 causes HP ProLiant DL20 Gen9 to Reboot after PFSense Menu
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I had same thing last week with Proliant DL360 G10 and Proliant DL360 G9. Update caused a boot loop. At PFSense menu I pressed space bar and after that 6 and choose older bios. After that fw boot was succesfull and I could restore older version. I didn't see the cause either, because boot was right after menu.
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I mean kernel, not bios.
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@NG Thank you very much. I will try again later this week. When the kernel is running the older version, I assume the unit is running version 24.11 and not 25.07. It seems to be an HP server issue with the new version of PFSense
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@malindsay After boot to older kernel the system went up normaly, but the OpenVPN did not work, so I restored 24.11 version from boot environments menu.
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A video of where the reboot is happening would still be useful here.
Also you might try re-upgrading to 25.07.1 since it has a bootloader fix.
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@NG Nice, I also rolled back to 24.11, waiting for a kernel fix
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@stephenw10, thanks, will try the new release. Sorry, I had to reinstall the system to get the system working, and forgot to create a video of the issue
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I have multiple HP servers, some are PFsense, and some are PFsense+ and I am running into the same issue. For example on PFsense if I am on 2.7.2, when I try and update to 2,8 it breaks the server so it's no longer bootable.
So I loaded an older PFsense I had on an HPE DL360 G9, to see what happened with a fresh system. The update to 2.8 broke as expected, and above you can see what happens. Then the server just resets and starts the boot process again. Every HP I own has this issue it seems, I have tired it on G10's as well, with no luck.
Any ideas?
Posted here as it seems like this is a related thread..
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@WB3FFV if think in the past when booting froze at that point it was an issue with console settings.
Can you compare the boot variables (interrupt at the boot menu by pressing 3, then
show) from 2.7.2 and 2.8.0?Are you booting using UEFI or legacy BIOS?
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Are you able to test 25.07.1 on an affected system?
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@WB3FFV i was informed 25.07.01 will fix the issue, have you tried this version
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How do I get a copy of 25.07.01 to load?
I am happy to image and install it if I can get it in an iso of some kind.
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@WB3FFV should be available in firmware updates
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@malindsay I just did a load and update today, and I don't believe I saw the .01, guess I will have to load and try again..
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Yup you should see it available as an update or in the net installer.
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@stephenw10 Is there an update for the non-plus version, as I loaded a remote server with it to test the issue, see if it was repeatable, and don't want to license the plus version to just have to slick the drive when it doesn't boot. So I have been using the free version which also breaks, as my test bed. This will be a licensed server in the end..
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Not yet. If 25.07.1 boots as expected then we can assume the fix there works.
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@stephenw10 I pulled the G10 and it's here on my bench, is there anyway to recover it enough to boot and try the update?
Also if I license up this G9 I am testing on, and have the slick the install a few times while we debug this, is it any problem with the re-installs?
Just trying to make sure I am not tossing $$ in the trash, as I know I can't bill my client for a half dozen installs..
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@stephenw10 Our production firewall is running pfSense+. I downloaded a fresh copy of Netgate-Installer from Netgate Store ( it was 1.0RC1 from 2024). Now there is a fresh install (2.8beta) installed to our spare server (Proliant DL360 G9) and it goes boot loop also. This time I took a video.
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@NG Yes, that is exactly what I am seeing happening on both a G9 and a G10 server..
