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    Upgrade to latest: Unable to load a kernel

    Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • J
      jjonsson
      last edited by

      Hi!

      I chose to upgrade from webconsole. Now when my pfSense VMWare virtual machine boots it says:

      Unable to load a kernel

      What to do ?

      I have very little experience with FreeBSD and Linux.

      Help!

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        doktornotor Banned
        last edited by

        Uhm… reinstall and restore config backup?

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          jjonsson
          last edited by

          What if I don't have config backup :-(

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            cmb
            last edited by

            What did you upgrade it from and to? There have been some rough patches with 2.2 snapshots at points by the nature of alpha snapshots, some of which were missing kernels, which would cause this. No stable release has ever caused this kind of thing to happen.

            You can boot off the live CD, fsck and mount the drive, and copy the config off.

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              jjonsson
              last edited by

              @cmb

              Thanks, I would like to try that but don't know how. Can you explain ?

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