Update or Fresh install of 25.07 causes HP ProLiant DL20 Gen9 to Reboot after PFSense Menu
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@Unoptanio said in Update or Fresh install of 25.07 causes HP ProLiant DL20 Gen9 to Reboot after PFSense Menu:
Should this change only be made after the update if the system crashes?
I don't think your BIOS is affected. This change can be made at any time, as long as there is enough RAM — and you have enough.
If I were you, I would try updating without any changes.
Of course, you should at least save your config just in case. -
@w0w said in Update or Fresh install of 25.07 causes HP ProLiant DL20 Gen9 to Reboot after PFSense Menu:
@Unoptanio said in Update or Fresh install of 25.07 causes HP ProLiant DL20 Gen9 to Reboot after PFSense Menu:
Should this change only be made after the update if the system crashes?
I don't think your BIOS is affected. This change can be made at any time, as long as there is enough RAM — and you have enough.
If I were you, I would try updating without any changes.
Of course, you should at least save your config just in case.With the amount of RAM I should be fine.
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@stephenw10 I noticed that there is a brand new of the 2.8.1 release, does this have anything to do with the UEFI issue?
2.8.1.r.20250808.1925
Just wondered if I needed to update and try anything..
-Howard
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Nope 2.8.1-rc doesn't have anything that might address this. Or at least not intentionally.
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@stephenw10 Thanks, then I won't bother testing anything against it..
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Well it would be good to know it's also affected for sure. But I'm pretty sure others have tested it.
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@w0w said in Update or Fresh install of 25.07 causes HP ProLiant DL20 Gen9 to Reboot after PFSense Menu:
@Unoptanio
https://forum.netgate.com/topic/198536/upgrading-from-25.07-to-25.07.1-causes-a-fatal-trap-12-on-boot.Press 3 on boot menu and type
staging_slop 268435456 boot -vAfter it boots, add
exec="staging_slop 268435456"Into loader.conf.local
It might also be the case that this problem doesn’t affect you at all and you won’t have any issues with booting.
WB3FFV
less than a minute ago@w0w So what does this change do, if I may ask? Also is there any harm if it's not needed?
I guess the million dollar question is, has anyone with an HPE server tried this yet?
-Howard
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It moves the RAM space used for staging at boot. If the BIOS is using some space for something it hasn't told the kernel about via ACPI tables a conflict can prevent boot like this.
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@WB3FFV, I have not tried to reinstall 25.07 with the instructions given
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@stephenw10 Thanks, that sounds like something believable with HP, as there is a LOT in that BIOS for sure. Not that most servers now days aren't fairly complex.
Most of the servers I work with have at least 64G RAM, some have up to 128G, so guessing that wouldn't be a problem with such machines..
-Howard
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@stephenw10 As one more follow-up,.
I have a DL360-G10 server here, with 128G RAM. I took and changed it from BIOS (which works), back to UEFI, and then entered the "staging_slop 268435456" command at the loader, and I saw it say it unloaded the kernel to adjust the size. I then ran the "boot -v" command to try and start in UEFI mode, but it did an instant reset just like before. So this command is not the answer on an HPE server in UEFI..
-Howard
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@WB3FFV, thanks for the information. Saying on the previous version seems to be the best bet
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@malindsay Your welcome, and I would say stay back a version, or switch to Legacy BIOS mode, either works.
Was going to give you a thumbs up, but apparently my reputation isn't good enough here yet.. LOL Trying to remember how many years I have been around this place, just not always active..
-Howard
