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    Help Needed: Upgrade to 2.4.3: /var/run filesystem full

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      airhead00
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      Thanks! How do I get into a shell if I get a locked up on boot?

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        Ah, so it did upgrade but only then showed that error…

        It depends how far though the process you are. If you see the boot menu you can try booting to single user mode.

        If not you might reach a shell from the error by escaping the script with ctl-c. No promises there though.

        Steve

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          airhead00
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          Indeed. I tried booting into single user with```
          boot -s

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            airhead00
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            Ah, found https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Can_I_restore_a_backup_without_the_WebGUI which answers my second question.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              Yes the recover config script in 2.4 is much improved. A full /var/run would not stop the config being read.

              The only worry is that the filesystem may not actually be full, a bad drive can also sometimes present like that.

              Steve

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                airhead00
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                I'm having a ton of trouble mounting the disk. I'm starting to think it's hosed but I can still "ls" pfsense's boot (though I can't drop into a shell) any thoughts on how I might be able to get it to mount?

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                  airhead00
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                  all good. via: http://ghantoos.org/2009/04/04/mounting-ufs-in-readwrite-under-linux/

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                    blex
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                    So you did get the disc mounted. Since I have the same problem on one of 4 FWs I would bee interested to hear if you found out what took the space away or if it was another problem?

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      Yes, I'd be interested to see what rogue file filling /run.

                      Steve

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                        blex
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                        As for my nightshift. I have talked with the support. There is no good way finding what happened at update. The suggestion was always have a serial console log running when you do the upgrade. Then you have a chance on catchen what was wrong.

                        In my situation there where only haproxy and securitata installed.

                        I ended up grabbing the last konfig (since I but carp in mainanance) from the old installation while booting from a usb stick with 2.4.3 on it.
                        I then did a reinstall and restored the config. Everything is now working.

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