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      mazide @stephenw10
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      @stephenw10

      thank you a lot steve. but i still need your help. do you know if it possible to upgrade to 2.4.4 via the interface without using a bootable pen drive ?

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      • GrimsonG
        Grimson Banned @mazide
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        @mazide said in UNABLE TO JOIN PFSENSE WIFI NETWORK:

        thank you a lot steve. but i still need your help. do you know if it possible to upgrade to 2.4.4 via the interface without using a bootable pen drive ?

        You can't upgrade from i386 to amd64 without a reinstall. Read the upgrade guide: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/install/upgrade-guide.html

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          mazide @Grimson
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          @Grimson
          i have modified the bios boot priority and i have set up a bootable pen drive of the latest version of pfsense but it is not booting on my pc. But it does boot on my laptop. do you have any idea of what could be the problem ?

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            If the hardware 64bit?

            Try a different USB drive maybe?

            Steve

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              mazide @stephenw10
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              @stephenw10
              Hello,
              i tried different usb drives, i also tried installing windows7 32bit just to identify the issue but it didn't work only the 2.3.5-RELEASE-i386 version will load,
              i tested the bootable pen drives drive on my laptop and it worked.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                What exactly is the hardware you are trying to install to?

                Steve

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                  mazide @stephenw10
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                  @stephenw10
                  for real it is an old pc (emachines)

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                    Ok, well... what CPU does it have? It might be 32bit in which case it will never boot a 64bit image.

                    Steve

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                      mazide @mazide
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                      @stephenw10

                      AMD Athlon 2.1 GHz, Dual Core
                      RAM 6Gb DDR2
                      SSD 120 GB

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        If it's an Athlon X2 then I think they were only ever 64bit. But, still, that's >10 years old...

                        Can you boot the ISO instead? Somthing that old probably has an optical drive.

                        Steve

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                          mazide @stephenw10
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                          @stephenw10
                          i’m gonna try it
                          thank you so much.

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                            mazide @stephenw10
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                            @stephenw10
                            it was the solution, it worked.
                            thanks!!!

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