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    Manual upgrade broken in 8/6 nanobsd snapshot

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      gloomrider
      last edited by

      I'll try a reflash this weekend, wait for the next update snap, and report what I find.

      Thanks!

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        Keep us posted, thanks for helping to test.  :)

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          gloomrider
          last edited by

          Do you have the URL for the latest commit that supposedly fixes this?  I'm looking at the latest ones and nothing is jumping out at me.

          Thanks

          EDIT: Never mind, I found it: https://rcs.pfsense.org/projects/pfsense/repos/mainline/commits/d2d86ca3a71515aef81edb1abb26109584c4b0d1

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            jstrebel
            last edited by

            Hi,
            I tried to do a web upgrade on   nanobsd 1.2.3-RC3 built on Fri Sep 11 03:48:31 UTC 2009
             –-->>
            A new version is now available
            New version:     Sat Sep 12 04:47:40 UTC 2009
            Current version: 1.2.3-RC3
            Update source:   http://updates.pfSense.com/_updaters

            and get the following error:

            php: : New alert found: Something went wrong when trying to update the fstab entry. Aborting upgrade.

            Thanks for the great work. Jakob

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              gloomrider
              last edited by

              Except for the Digital Signature error, this is now working for me.  I believe the previous poster tried System: Firmware: Auto Upgrade which is still broken as far as I know.

              Thanks for fixing the updater!  :)

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                jstrebel
                last edited by

                Yes, you are right. I tried System-Firmware-AutoUgrade.
                Jakob

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                  gloomrider
                  last edited by

                  Manual upgrade should work.  Be advised that the part of the upgrade that flashes the other slice can take a LONG time (6+ minutes for a 4GB card), so don't panic if you don't see any activity for a while.  If you have a serial connection available, you can:

                  
                  tail -f /cf/conf/upgrade_log.txt
                  
                  

                  …before you upload the new firmware to the router and watch the whole process, including the reboot of the newly flashed slice.

                  I haven't heard anything from the developers about plans to fix auto update on nanobsd.  I'm just grateful there's at least some way to upgrade my ALIX that doesn't require a screwdriver.  ;D

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                    jstrebel
                    last edited by

                    Hi, probably a silly question, but it is the first time I partizipate in the pfsense "beta".
                    Q: After doing a manual update the System/Package Manger/Installed Packages: blinkled was gone. I had to reinstall it again. Is this normal?

                    Best regards jakob

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                      gloomrider
                      last edited by

                      @jstrebel:

                      Hi, probably a silly question, but it is the first time I partizipate in the pfsense "beta".
                      Q: After doing a manual update the System/Package Manger/Installed Packages: blinkled was gone. I had to reinstall it again. Is this normal?

                      Best regards jakob

                      I don't see a package called "blinkled".  ???

                      EDIT: I see it.  Yes, packages have to be reinstalled after an update.

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                      • jimpJ
                        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                        last edited by

                        @jstrebel:

                        Hi, probably a silly question, but it is the first time I partizipate in the pfsense "beta".
                        Q: After doing a manual update the System/Package Manger/Installed Packages: blinkled was gone. I had to reinstall it again. Is this normal?

                        Best regards jakob

                        This is normal on NanoBSD. The upgrade gets written to a second slice (sort of like another partition on windows) that is normally dormant.
                        Because this second slice has not been touched, the package is not installed on there, and must be reinstalled after switching slices.

                        It works this way in case the upgrade fails, so you can always go back and boot the other slice and return to a working system instead of being stuck with a brick and having to reflash the CF :)

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                          FooFighter
                          last edited by

                          Hello,

                          I get the following error:

                          • Update Error: 219 < Size of new image: 450 -

                          System: Alix 1 GB CF card running with a 512 MB nanobsd fullflash as the 1 GB image was a bit to large

                          Current Version: 1.2.3-RC3 - built on Sat Sep 12 20:52:05 UTC 2009

                          I get an update error when updating via ssh with the following image
                          pfSense-1.2.3-512mb-20090918-0643-nanobsd-upgrade.img.gz

                          Error:
                          php: : New alert found: Upgrade failed due to the upgrade image being larger than the partition that is configured on disk. Halting. Size on disk: 219 < Size of new image: 450

                          Are the new updates to large or is there an error in calculating the size?

                          Best Regards,

                          Foo

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                          • jimpJ
                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                            last edited by

                            You may need to reflash with a more current version, or look in RCS and replicate the upgrade code to your system by hand (reflashing is easier) - those bugs should be fixed.

                            I performed a manual upgrade last night without problems. I started with an image from Sunday the 13th, and upgraded to yesterday (17th) and it worked.

                            Automatic upgrade still seem to have issues, but the manual ones are fine.

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