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    2.0 NanoBSD : any known working version regarding upgrades?

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.0-RC Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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    • M
      mgaudette
      last edited by

      Hi,

      Is there a recent NanoBSD version known to have upgrade working? (I am talking upgrading from console or from web app by uploading file, not a one-click upgrade
      I want to put 2.0 in a non-critcal production environnement, but I can't afford to pull out the CF card for every upgrade, I need a bit more ease of use than this.

      *This isn't a complaint, I realize this is beta. Just a question.

      Right now I seem to be stuck on March 22nd version.

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        xbipin
        last edited by

        consider upgrading via web gui by uploading file and for that 11th April nanobsd upgrade snap is the best so far, atleast for me compared to all the older and newer nanobsd upgrade snaps.

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          mgaudette
          last edited by

          Thanks.  So I should somehow get to april 11th snap, and then it should be a breeze to upgrade from that point.

          I understood that correctly, right?

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            xbipin
            last edited by

            did u mean to say which snapshot onwards upgrade works on nanobsd?
            if so then it started march onwards

            and if ur looking for the best nanobsd upgrade snapshot then consider 1th april and u can upgrade from any older nanobsd to 11th april nanobsd upgrade snap without any issue, atleast for me and once on 11th april snap, it works smooth

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              mgaudette
              last edited by

              I just tried upgrading from April 12th to April 21 using the "upload firmware" screen.  On NanoBSD 2G version.

              I can't say whether it's working because right now my Mozilla screen is still on the "upgrade screen", my serial console tells me there hasn't been a reboot and the file has been transferred about 20 minutes ago.  (could tell from my PC's network utilization).

              How long should I wait before calling this a problem?

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                xbipin
                last edited by

                once upgrade starts, u will see it in the console and once its done successfully, its suppose to reboot

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                  mgaudette
                  last edited by

                  Ok, well there you go.  I gave up, used the console, and upgraded "using URL".  Everything seems fine, until it reboots to the good old version.

                  See console log:

                  Enter the URL to the .tgz update file:

                  http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_RELENG_8_1/i386/pfSense_HEAD/nanobsd/pfSense-2.0-BETA1-2g-20100421-0506-nanobsd.img.gz

                  Fetching file size…

                  File size: 166627341

                  Fetching file...
                  looking up snapshots.pfsense.org
                  connecting to snapshots.pfsense.org:80
                  requesting http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_RELENG_8_1/i386/pfSense_HEAD/nanobsd/pfSense-2.0-BETA1-2g-20100421-0506-nanobsd.img.gz
                  remote size / mtime: 166627341 / 1271841173
                  /root/firmware.tgz                            100% of  158 MB  996 kBps 00m00s

                  Fetching MD5...
                  looking up snapshots.pfsense.org
                  connecting to snapshots.pfsense.org:80
                  requesting http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_RELENG_8_1/i386/pfSense_HEAD/nanobsd/pfSense-2.0-BETA1-2g-20100421-0506-nanobsd.img.gz.md5
                  remote size / mtime: 112 / 1271841679
                  /root/firmware.tgz.md5                        100% of  112  B  178 kBps
                  URL MD5: 99f5a28e4ad255b1798670ebbb8e534e

                  Downloaded file MD5: 99f5a28e4ad255b1798670ebbb8e534e

                  MD5 checksum matches.
                  NanoBSD upgrade file detected...

                  WARNING! ACHTUNG! DANGER!

                  This image is not digitally signed.

                  This means that the image you uploaded is not an official/supported image and
                  may lead to unexpected behavior or security compromises.

                  Only install images that come from sources that you trust, and make sure
                  that the image has not been tampered with.

                  Do you want to install this image anyway at your own risk [n]?y

                  Continuing upgrade…

                  One moment please...

                  Broadcast Message from root@pfsense.localdomain
                          (no tty) at 12:06 EDT...

                  Firmware upgrade in progress...

                  ..Done.  Rebooting...

                  *** Welcome to pfSense 2.0-BETA1-nanobsd on pfsense ***

                  WAN (wan)                -> vr1        -> SOMETHING
                    LAN (lan)                -> vr0        -> 192.168.1.1
                    OPT1 (opt1)              -> vr2        -> NONE

                  pfSense console setup

                  0)  Logout (SSH only)
                  1)  Assign Interfaces
                  2)  Set interface(s) IP address
                  3)  Reset webConfigurator password
                  4)  Reset to factory defaults
                  5)  Reboot system
                  6)  Halt system
                  7)  Ping host
                  8)  Shell
                  9)  PFtop
                  10)  Filter Logs
                  11)  Restart webConfigurator
                  12)  pfSense Developer Shell
                  13)  Upgrade from console
                  14)  Enable Secure Shell (sshd)

                  Enter an option:
                  *** FINAL System shutdown message from root@pfsense.localdomain ***
                  System going down IMMEDIATELY

                  pfSense is now shutting down ...

                  Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process vnlru' to stop...done Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process bufdaemon' to stop...done
                  Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `syncer' to stop...
                  Syncing disks, vnodes remaining...0 0 done
                  All buffers synced.
                  Uptime: 4m7s
                  Rebooting...
                  PC Engines ALIX.2 v0.99h
                  640 KB Base Memory
                  261120 KB Extended Memory

                  01F0 Master 848A SanDisk SDCFH-002G
                  Phys C/H/S 3897/16/63 Log C/H/S 974/64/63

                  1  pfSense
                  2  pfSense

                  F6 PXE
                  Boot:  2
                  /boot.config:  -h
                  Consoles: serial port
                  BIOS drive C: is disk0
                  BIOS 640kB/261120kB available memory

                  FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
                  (ermal@FreeBSD_8.0_pfSense_2.0-snaps.pfsense.org, Mon Apr 12 18:33:08 EDT 2010)
                  …..

                  What am I doing wrong? Seems simple enough p upgrade, and I seem to be the only one seeing this.

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                    xbipin
                    last edited by

                    thats bcoz u didnt use the nanobsd upgrade images

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                      xbipin
                      last edited by

                      u need to upgrade using the nanobsd upgrade images from this location
                      http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_RELENG_8_1/i386/pfSense_HEAD/updates/

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                        mgaudette
                        last edited by

                        Ok, that sort of makes sense. So, just for my own education, whats the conceptual difference between an upgrade image and the original "install" image?

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                          xbipin
                          last edited by

                          for that only the developers might be able to give u a clear difference but what i know is u need to use the upgrade images to upgrade as the difference might be something related to the slices

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                            mgaudette
                            last edited by

                            Doesnt seem to be working with the Update files. I get this in my upgrade log (NanoBSD page in pfSense).

                            I have a 2GB CF card, and am using the 2GB update file now.

                            File list:

                            Warning: file_get_contents(/conf/file_upgrade_log.txt): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/local/www/diag_nanobsd.php on line 272

                            Misc log:

                            tar: Unrecognized archive format
                            tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
                            shutdown: [pid 5964]

                            fdisk/bsdlabel log:

                            I am at a loss, all I want is to get on the train and be able to update when needed.  This is my console log from the update:
                            Enter the URL to the .tgz update file:

                            http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_RELENG_8_1/i386/pfSense_HEAD/updates/pfSense-2.0-BETA1-2g-20100421-0506-nanobsd-upgrade.img.gz

                            Fetching file size…

                            File size: 83266369

                            Fetching file...
                            looking up snapshots.pfsense.org
                            connecting to snapshots.pfsense.org:80
                            requesting http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_RELENG_8_1/i386/pfSense_HEAD/updates/pfSense-2.0-BETA1-2g-20100421-0506-nanobsd-upgrade.img.gz
                            remote size / mtime: 83266369 / 1271841368
                            /root/firmware.tgz                            100% of  79 MB  937 kBps 00m00s

                            Fetching MD5...
                            looking up snapshots.pfsense.org
                            connecting to snapshots.pfsense.org:80
                            requesting http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_RELENG_8_1/i386/pfSense_HEAD/updates/pfSense-2.0-BETA1-2g-20100421-0506-nanobsd-upgrade.img.gz.md5
                            remote size / mtime: 127 / 1271841681
                            /root/firmware.tgz.md5                        100% of  127  B  199 kBps
                            URL MD5: 3dffbcd9f16f45c6d4a42e87653eb4eb

                            Downloaded file MD5: 3dffbcd9f16f45c6d4a42e87653eb4eb

                            MD5 checksum matches.
                            NanoBSD upgrade file detected...

                            WARNING! ACHTUNG! DANGER!

                            This image is not digitally signed.

                            This means that the image you uploaded is not an official/supported image and
                            may lead to unexpected behavior or security compromises.

                            Only install images that come from sources that you trust, and make sure
                            that the image has not been tampered with.

                            Do you want to install this image anyway at your own risk [n]?y

                            Continuing upgrade…

                            One moment please...

                            Broadcast Message from root@pfsense.localdomain
                                    (no tty) at 13:38 EDT...

                            Firmware upgrade in progress...

                            Done.  Rebooting...

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                            • jimpJ
                              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                              last edited by

                              @Mike:

                              Ok, that sort of makes sense. So, just for my own education, whats the conceptual difference between an upgrade image and the original "install" image?

                              The original image consists of three slices (sort of like partitions):

                              • pfsense0
                              • pfsense1
                              • cf

                              These are two system images, and the config slice, plus the bits at the start of the image which make the whole thing bootable, etc.

                              An upgrade image is just one of the system slices, i.e. pfsense0/pfsense1, which is all that should get overwritten during the upgrade.

                              I haven't heard anything about NanoBSD upgrades working in a while. I haven't tried on my ALIX in quite some time as I had it running 1.2.3 for some other work I was doing. I have a couple NanoBSD virtual machine setup so I may see if I can reproduce this.

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                                jlepthien
                                last edited by

                                Hey guys,

                                sorry to 'hijack' this thread, but what about the newest may builds? Are they as stable as the 11th april build?

                                Thanks

                                Jimmy

                                | apple fanboy | music lover | network and security specialist | in love with cisco systems |

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