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    2.1-release [Update - Success]

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      Xon
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      @stephenw10:

      @Xon:

      if you have more than ~6 interfaces (vlans, or whathave you) the default 60mb /var is too small during backups of the RRD graphs.

      You recommend a /var size? The 10 interfaces in my home box proved your point.  ::)

      Steve

      Applying this patch, will mean you don't need to touch /tmp. The real problem is it is about ~3.6mb per RRD graph with 2 years of stats, or 1.5mb new. The XML dump is ~4.5mb per RRD.

      And the backup process requires dumping every RRD graph to XML, then compressing it. So maybe 90-100mb for /var should let you do the upgrade sucessfully?

      Doing that on an Alix platform and getting it to boot would be hard. And if you ever decrease /var's size the RRD backup process would fail next shutdown/backup cycle, and thus cause RRD data lose on the next reboot.

      The alternative solution which I'm poking at, is to update ./rc.backup_rrd.sh, /etc/inc/rrd.inc, /etc/inc/upgrade_config.inc to compress each file one by one, and then tarball it up.

      So instead of dumping all the files to XML, then processing them dump 1 to xml, gzip it, then after tarball all the gzip'ed files. This is less efficient, both in time and over all compression of the final archive. But it fits in the memory constrains.

      I'm bashed up a changed backup script and have the restore parts looking right. It is just a matter of testing and ensuring the restore process handles if you give it  a .tgz or a gz.tgz

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Personally I don't have an Alix, I have 512MB so running a 100MB /var is at least feasible. Also I have at least two years of data so I'm probably pushing the maximum size you might face.
        That at least explains why I have had no problems updating any previous test box that had fewer interfaces and much less data.

        Steve

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          horace
          last edited by

          Update 4 Alix1D3 by now. Almost perfect, but in my CARP setup from 2.0.2 -> 2.1 OpenVPN is not working. The server doesn't answer anymore, I'm rolling back

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            hackin8
            last edited by

            Update Alix2D3 from 2.0.1 to 2.1

            All perfect

            Congrats and thanks

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              gsvs36
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              halo ,

              PFSENSE router using for dual wan failover , working very good with wan and opt1 as wans and lan as lan network.
              Upgraded  2.0.3 to 2.1  my opt1  is not working after upgrdation. Opt1 is showing in dashboard pending and unknown.
              Please advise me work the opt1 .

              Thanking you .

              (this is my first post . Please  tell me where can i start  my new post or question.I didnt find anywhere to post thatswhy
              I used this Excuse me please. )

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                adx442
                last edited by

                Another successful installation on a Soekris 6501-70.

                This was an auto-upgrade from pfSense 2.03 Release to 2.1 Release, i386.  I'm using the full version of pfSense, not the NanoBSD images, with a standard HDD.  No issues to report.

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                  rp_navarro
                  last edited by

                  Just updated to 2.1 but having problem with squid. got this error meesage.
                  squid package is missing required dependencies and must reinstalled

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                    kejianshi
                    last edited by

                    Yep - So you uninstalled it and reinstalled it right?

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                    • jdillardJ
                      jdillard
                      last edited by

                      @Supermule:

                      No widescreen package anymore for 2.1?

                      I think there is going to be a widescreen theme in 2.2
                      http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,48140.msg353106.html#msg353106

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                        kejianshi
                        last edited by

                        What about the widescreen that JIMP posted a link for the other day?  Seems like some people are happy with it and its running on 2.1.

                        http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,62410.msg364660.html#msg364660

                        http://files.pfsense.org/jimp/patches/widescreen-21.patch

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                          jdillard
                          last edited by

                          Oh nice, I missed that one. That works too :)

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                            kejianshi
                            last edited by

                            I don't know about that package, but I've not seen any complaints yet EXCEPT that when you first install it you might have to clear your browser cache to see proper results.  I was really surprised to see how many people require that package, but seems like many.

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