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    Upgrade from 2.2.6 to 2.3 Release fails - can't find kernel, can't mount filesys

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    • jimpJ Offline
      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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      vi and ee both exist in the shell, and both can be used.

      If they won't run, try using the full path: /usr/bin/vi or /usr/bin/ee

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        Mounting from ufs:/dev/ada0xxx failed with error 19
        mountroot>

        IS this a 1 GB CF Card? Then you should go with a 2 GB or 4 GB since the version 2.3 is no more for 1 GB
        CF Cards!

        a ? did only show the cd rom…

        And on the other side with 1 GB RAM you could be easily run out of RAM space or in other words
        1 GB RAM is perhaps to small! Insert as a minimum 2 GB or better 4 GB if needed and pending on the
        the installed packets or used services.

        Now I am trying to reinstall 2.2.6 again - seems to work fine, now…

        Could be a short work around until the version 2.3.1 is out, but then perhaps read once more the lines above
        with 1 GB CF Card and 1 GB RAM it would be perhaps underpowered or not right sorted.

        No Idea what 2.3 does there…?

        Is this a 32Bit or 64Bit install?

        After dozens of flawless updates, now this..:-(

        There will be each version one day where the user or customer should be thinking on to do something
        by its own intense because his hardware could be outdated at one day. So if you are using a 1 GB CF card
        change it against a 2 GB or 4 GB model, the 1 GB CF Cards are to small, and if then all other things must be
        running in the RAM als the 1 GB of RAM is to small too.

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          BlackDragon381
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          @jimp:

          vi and ee both exist in the shell, and both can be used.

          If they won't run, try using the full path: /usr/bin/vi or /usr/bin/ee

          How do I use the editor to edit the file /etc/fstab?
          I can't open vi or ee, see attachment!

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            divsys
            last edited by

            Sounds almost like you don't have vi installed on your box.
            It should come in from a standard install.

            What happens if you type:

            ls -al /usr/bin/vi

            At a command prompt?

            Are you running a bare metal or VM install?
            How did you load pfSense?

            -jfp

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              BlackDragon381
              last edited by

              @divsys:

              Sounds almost like you don't have vi installed on your box.
              It should come in from a standard install.

              What happens if you type:

              ls -al /usr/bin/vi

              At a command prompt?

              Are you running a bare metal or VM install?
              How did you load pfSense?

              illegal option – a

              My pfSense broken after upgrading to 2.3 via gui.
              System can't find kernel (see attachment).
              PfSense installed on Proxmox (kvm).

              vi.png
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                kpa
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                That's the boot loader prompt, not the single user mode shell.

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                  divsys
                  last edited by

                  Sorry, I looked back through the thread and realized your not getting a properly mounted system drive, but you're getting farther than the OP in this thread.

                  Normally you need to mount the required disk and prove that the pfSense install is up and running before making any of those fstab changes.

                  As far as the "ls" command, try it without the "-al" -> "ls /usr/bin/vi".

                  You may be able to recover your install, but it's probably far easier just to reinstall and reload a config backup.

                  -jfp

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                    BlackDragon381
                    last edited by

                    @kpa:

                    That's the boot loader prompt, not the single user mode shell.

                    How enter to user mode shell?

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                      kpa
                      last edited by

                      @BlackDragon381:

                      @kpa:

                      That's the boot loader prompt, not the single user mode shell.

                      How enter to user mode shell?

                      https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Locked_out_of_the_WebGUI

                      That is for a different problem but it documents how to get to the single user mode shell.

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                        sunsetquest
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                        This worked for me: http://blog.stefcho.eu/upgrade-from-pfsense-2-1-5-to-2-2-on-hyper-v/

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