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    APU board won't boot anymore after upgrading from 2.4.2_1 to 2.4.3_1

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      sammy2ooo
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      I have just kicked of the update process via webinterface as i have done it several times before without any issues.

      However this times my APU board fails to boot.

      This is all I am seeing after connecting via serial. It seems the kernel isnt even loading. Any ideas?

      PC Engines APU BIOS build date: Sep  8 2014
      Total memory 4096 MB
      AMD G-T40E Processor
      CPU MHz=1000
      Press F10 key now for boot menu:
      drive 0x000f2a80: PCHS=16383/16/63 translation=lba LCHS=1024/255/63 s=31277232
      Booting from Hard Disk…

      F1  pfSense

      F6 PXE
      Boot:  F1
      |

      Questions:

      1. I have got a configuration backup (xml) reaching back to October 2017. If I do a fresh reinstall, will I be able to restore from this configuration file?

      2. Is there another way I can at least recover the latest configuration from the bricked device?

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        sammy2ooo
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        I managed to 'resolve' the issue, by restoring the configuration, do a fresh install and restore the old config.

        This are the steps I have followed:

        1. Download pfSense-CE-memstick-serial-2.4.3-RELEASE-amd64.img.gz
        2. Unzip and write to USB stick e.g. with a tool like rufus
        3. Boot APU board with USB stick
        4. Get a prompt using the rescue shell
        5. Plugin an addition USB stick (fat32 preformated) – needed as the installer image lets you mount /dev/da1 only read-only
        6. Mount partitions (mount /dev/ada0s1a /mnt && mount -t msdosfs /dev/da2s1 /tmp/usbstick)
        7. Copy configuration (cp -Rv /mnt/cf/conf /tmp/usbstick)
        9. Do a fresh install and assign interfaces
        10. Restore configuration via webinterface
        11. Check serial settings...

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