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    pfSense CE 2.8.0 upgrade stalls after reboot and gets stuck in Stage 2

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      chrcoluk
      last edited by

      something I learnt last week, was it seems the display for the console can freeze whilst the system carries on booting and working as normal.

      No idea if it is happening here, but it is odd it stops on a video message.

      pfSense CE 2.8.0

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        InstanceExtension @chrcoluk
        last edited by InstanceExtension

        @chrcoluk As stated above "Letting it sit trying to load for an hour" no effect. When this happened to me (and others) the entire system was completely locked up. Nothing but a hard reset would bring it back.

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          manoj-synetal @InstanceExtension
          last edited by manoj-synetal

          may be I go the issue we just nee dot reboot the firewall and select the old kernel and boot the firewall after boot it will reboot again and you can access the latest version of firewall which 2.8.0 I tried and it work for me.

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            mtis
            last edited by

            Does 2.8.1 fix these issues?

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              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Which issues specifically? The UEFI console issue is still present AFAIK. Though it doesn't actually affect anything I have available to test.

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                mtis @stephenw10
                last edited by

                @stephenw10

                I haven’t caught up with the whole thread. All I can say is 2.7.2 works okay on my HP DL380gen9 but 2.8.0 won’t boot after the upgrade.

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                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  It appears to hang immediately after loading the kernel at the UEFI console?

                  Try booting legacy to confirm it's the same issue.

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                    andres-asm
                    last edited by

                    I have this issue too, it will fail to boot (it's a VM in unraid)
                    The fix, to change console to video first

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                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Like set video console as primary before running the upgrade? Interesting. I wouldn't have expected that to affect it.

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                        andres-asm @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10 no, when rebooting after updating it got stuck on the menu screen, never booted, so I changed to video console and then it booted

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