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      Vollans @VAMike
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      @vamike I agree, but quickly in summary, you're always running the one without the @ sign - that's the current live version. You can see that the size of the "backup" of zroot is nothing. The size of zroot/ROOT/default's backup is bigger. zroot doesn't include the other, effectively, "partitions".

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        Qinn @dem
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        @dem said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

        @vollans I did a quick test in a virtual machine to figure out what the commands would be. This appears to work:

        On a running 2.4.5-p1 system:

        zpool checkpoint zroot
        

        Booted from the 2.5.0 installer and in the Rescue Shell:

        zpool import -f -N --rewind-to-checkpoint zroot
        zpool export zroot
        poweroff
        

        I would like to know how you booted from the 2.5.0 installer using a virtual pfsense machine and got to the Rescue Shell?

        Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
        Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
        Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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          dem @Qinn
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          @qinn In VirtualBox I put the file pfSense-CE-2.5.0-RELEASE-amd64.iso in the virtual optical drive and booted to this screen, where I selected Rescue Shell:

          02_rescue.png

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            Qinn @dem
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            @dem Thanks for the quick reply, I understand that.
            What I would like to know is how you get to the Virtual pfSense from here as the virtual pfsense machine is not running and access the checkpoint you made?

            Btw I am using VM workstation!

            Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
            Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
            Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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            • demD
              dem @Qinn
              last edited by dem

              @qinn Sorry I wasn't clear: I put the installer image into the virtual optical drive of the same virtual pfSense instance that I checkpointed, so the installer has access to the same virtual disk and can locate the checkpointed zroot pool.

              Edited to add: My goal was to simulate booting an apu2 from the memstick image in order to rewind a checkpoint, but I don't have a spare apu2 to test with. If I actually ran pfSense in a virtual machine I would use virtual machine snapshots before any upgrade.

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                VAMike @Qinn
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                @qinn I never would have guessed this was somehow specific to the apu2

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                  dem @VAMike
                  last edited by

                  @vamike It's not, but @vollans rolled back an upgrade of his apu2 using ZFS and that sparked interest in using ZFS to recover from a failed upgrade.

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                    VAMike @dem
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                    @dem so he should start another thread so that people actually interested in apu2 experiences can find those without digging through unrelated zfs support questions

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                      Vollans @VAMike
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                      @vamike I agreed it wasn't relevant here 2 days ago, and stopped responding. 🤷

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                        sikita
                        last edited by sikita

                        Why pfsense 2.5 shows "AES-NI CPU Crypto: No" when in 2.4.x there was YES on APU2? Also on 2.5 there is in other line: Hardware crypto AES-CBC,AES-CCM,AES-GCM,AES-ICM,AES-XTS

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                          bigsy @sikita
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                          @sikita said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

                          Why pfsense 2.5 shows "AES-NI CPU Crypto: No" when in 2.4.x there was YES on APU2?

                          Anything to do with this problem? If so, it appears to be fixed in 2.5.1.

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                            sikita @bigsy
                            last edited by sikita

                            @bigsy Ok, thank you. Seems to be GUI bug and does not involve using HW crypto.

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                              Qinn @sikita
                              last edited by Qinn

                              @sikita I am on pfSense 2.5.0 and here it says:

                              Firefox_Screenshot_2021-03-12T16-51-01.718Z.png

                              Do you have AES-NI enabled?

                              Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                              Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                              Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                                Qinn @Qinn
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                                Can anyone share there System / Advanced / Networking on a APU2

                                Mine are

                                Firefox_Screenshot_2021-03-19T11-29-42.923Z.png

                                as these are the defaults, grabbed them from a VM installation, which is not quit the same setup.

                                The old and not anymore recommend settings from https://teklager.se/en/knowledge-base/apu2-1-gigabit-throughput-pfsense/ are quit different!

                                ...and there is a new settings present in 2.5.0. " hn ALTQ support"

                                Could anyone elaborate on all these or there settings?

                                Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                                Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                                Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  There are no hn NICs on any APU so it makes no difference. You can disable it.

                                  Steve

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                                  • valnarV
                                    valnar
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                                    I performed all the bootloader and other tweaks mentioned in various threads throughout the years on my <= 2.45-p1 installation and now I don't remember what they all are. It would be great if somebody could post what things to look for (to remove?) when you update your apu2 from 2.4.5 --> 2.5.0.

                                    At the moment because of the performance issues, I'm not upgrading.

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                                    • DaddyGoD
                                      DaddyGo @valnar
                                      last edited by DaddyGo

                                      @valnar said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

                                      when you update your apu2 from 2.4.5 --> 2.5.0.

                                      Hi,

                                      With that, I would wait a little longer 😉

                                      here,....you will find a lot of useful info if you even decide to upgrade...
                                      https://teklager.se/en/knowledge-base/
                                      https://teklager.se/en/knowledge-base/apu2-1-gigabit-throughput-pfsense/

                                      +++edit:
                                      and of course
                                      https://pcengines.github.io/

                                      Cats bury it so they can't see it!
                                      (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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                                      • QinnQ
                                        Qinn
                                        last edited by

                                        Smooth update to pfSense 2.5.1 CE

                                        Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                                        Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                                        Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                                          Qinn
                                          last edited by Qinn

                                          Updated to bios coreboot v4.13.05.

                                          Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                                          Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                                          Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                                            FLOK @Qinn
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                                            @qinn Fine !
                                            I am still on 2.4.5_1.
                                            Did you notice any performance degradation ?

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