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    Upgrade 2.2.3 to 2.2.4 - slow

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • jimpJ
      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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      A failure to reboot + can't load kernel usually means it ran out of disk space while upgrading. Not normally a problem on physical systems but if your VM has an unusually small disk it can lead to trouble in that area.

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        stanthewizard
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        In my case 16 gig …
        plenty of room

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          doktornotor Banned
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          @stanthewizard:

          This package is a pain … (sometime reboot takes 30 minutes ... I'm force to delete aliases to make pFense boot)

          That's been actually fixed: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/4442

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            stanthewizard
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            not implemented in the latest version downloadable through packages

            or it's not working

            or I'm dumb  ;D

            For the info booth of my pfsense upgraded flawlessly after restore from veeam backup then removed pfblockerNG

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            • BBcan177B
              BBcan177 Moderator
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              Its not the pfBNG package that is causing these issues at reboot. If the hardware is on Nano or Ramdisk, the /var folder is wiped at reboot and pfSense is trying to load the Alias file that doesn't exist in the /var/db/aliastable folder. There was a bug fix to reduce that timeout to a Minute per alias I believe.

              The only workaround without some base pfSense code changes would be to Un-Install pfBlockerNG ( and only needed For Nano/Ramdisk Installs With "Keep Settings" checked ) before any pfSense Upgrades. Following the Upgrade, do an Install of pfBNG and follow with a "Force Update".

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                doktornotor Banned
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                @BBcan177:

                There was a bug fix to reduce that timeout to a Minute per alias I believe.

                It's actually down to 5 secs now… so, really a non-issue even with tons of aliases.

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                  stanthewizard
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                  not on nano or ramdisk
                  ESXI VM with 2gig of Ram and 16Gig of disk

                  pfblockerNG gone … no more issue

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                    doktornotor Banned
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                    @stanthewizard:

                    not on nano or ramdisk

                    If you read the above bug - actually YES. Tested on multiple Alix boxes. The delay is down to 5 secs per URL table alias.

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                    • BBcan177B
                      BBcan177 Moderator
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                      I think Jimp was correct and the VM ran out of Space.  Packages like Squid and pfBNG can take some space depending on whats configured and if things like Squid Caching is enabled. On pfSense upgrade, it also has to pull down and extract the full pfSense image before it will upgrade the VM. Probably pushed it over the edge and caused that "Load kernel" issue when it ran out of space.

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                        stanthewizard
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                        I just was saying that I wasn't on ram or nano
                        That I have disk space

                        My 2 pfsenses are not in those cases

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