Can't Install any Packages on 2.4.5-Release
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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.
