Can't Install any Packages on 2.4.5-Release
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I'm unable to install any packages with the package manager at all. Example: I'm trying to install ACME and it just hangs with "Please wait while the update system initializes".
I've done some google searching and troubleshooting, and none of the solutions seem to work. I can update my packages just fine; although, I can't seem to install pkg_add. I can't find the actual archive for acme to download to try installing manually. I've checked my trusted keys, they're all fine, and .empty is not in the /revoked directory. FreeBSD repo is set to "no" as recommended by other users with this issue.
I'm not sure where to look at now for this. Where should I begin troubleshooting this issue? This install is a fresh and brand new install after my HDD failed and I had no backups (no biggie tbh). I installed on a SSD this time. Please let me know what I need to do next.
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Hi,
I'm not sure but 2.4.5 should be on FreeBSD 11.3 STABLE.
You have 10.3 release p22. -
hmmmm....I'm not entirely sure how to upgrade the FreeBSD version tbh.
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Somehow it's half-updated. Old kernel, plus other new parts. Something went quite wrong during the update, or perhaps you have two disks with two separate installs of pfSense and it's booting off one, but updating the other.
You can try to run
pfSense-upgrade -dfrom a shell prompt (console or ssh, not the GUI) and see what happens there.But honestly it would be faster and easier to grab a backup and reinstall+restore.
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Maybe this would explain why I couldn't upgrade to 2.5 too. I installed from a 2.4.3 disc, attempted an upgrade to 2.4.5 and it failed, rebooted and it worked then, but left a failed kernel, so I had to manually delete it and rename the other kernel from kernel.old, then it came up fine on bootup. I'm going to download the 2.4.5 image directly and the 2.5 image directly and see how those work.
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That old kernel would have been from around pfSense 2.3.5, not 2.4.x.
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I'd run a dd wipe or similar on all the disks in the box before you reinstall. Maybe use something like DBAN if it's still around to make it easy. No need for a secure wipe, just enough to ensure the contents are empty.
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So I keep seeing this when I try to install 2.4.5 directly with usb.
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Type "bt" at that prompt and see what it says.
Though if it's stopping there, it's probably some aspect of the hardware it doesn't like. So you may want to check for a BIOS update first or look at options in there, things like EFI vs legacy boot or similar things.
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Unfortunately it killed the usb keyboard, so I couldn't type "bt". I took some screenshots of my BIOS though, let me know if this meets the hardware needs.
https://imgur.com/a/WiJVxi8
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Try disabling UEFI boot on that last screen, see if it helps.
