<![CDATA[File System Full for Ebedded update]]>I am guessing this is more of a generic Embedded device problem, but I just tried to do an upgrade from a recently set up device through the ssh console update and I am getting the error

/: write failed, filesystem is full

not sure if someone has pointed this out before.  Guess I will have to set up everything from scratch.  Is there a reason why the images are so small for the embedded device?  I am pretty sure it would be very difficult to find a CF card that is under 1 Gb today.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/13145/file-system-full-for-ebedded-updateRSS for NodeSun, 19 Apr 2026 20:49:01 GMTSat, 31 Jan 2009 01:08:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to File System Full for Ebedded update on Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:46:32 GMT]]>@xbipin:

isnt it simple enough to edit /etc/platform and just add "pfsense" to convert it to full version and "embedded" to back again to embedded version

Why would that fix the issue of the Image running out of room?  It would just be a full version of pfsense with a small partition

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/190139https://forum.netgate.com/post/190139Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:46:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File System Full for Ebedded update on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:57:03 GMT]]>@EmL:

Another issue is also, if you reflash and backup the config, you'll loose all your stats, graphs etc. I hope there is a solution for this in future … may be the way with the bigger embedded images could be the right direction!?

Backing up config, does just that, if you need to back up your rrd graphs, there is a post on how to do this if you search, I think its a case of tar'ing /var/rrd or something like this and scp out of old box and in to new box, then just untar to same directory….I think.

Slam

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/190048https://forum.netgate.com/post/190048Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:57:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File System Full for Ebedded update on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:59:09 GMT]]>isnt it simple enough to edit /etc/platform and just add "pfsense" to convert it to full version and "embedded" to back again to embedded version

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/190035https://forum.netgate.com/post/190035Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:59:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File System Full for Ebedded update on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:29:11 GMT]]>Another issue is also, if you reflash and backup the config, you'll loose all your stats, graphs etc. I hope there is a solution for this in future … may be the way with the bigger embedded images could be the right direction!?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/189963https://forum.netgate.com/post/189963Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:29:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File System Full for Ebedded update on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:24:07 GMT]]>You can resize the image, that helps slightly. The auto-update still downloads the images to /tmp, which is a memory disk, so that fails. My tests with updating a resized 1.2.2 have resulted in an unbootable system. Changing the platform, updating, then changing back seems to work, but I have not tested the upgraded system extensively.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/189851https://forum.netgate.com/post/189851Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:24:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File System Full for Ebedded update on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:54:16 GMT]]>Seems like all they need to do to fix this problem is make the CF image larger so there will be more room for upgrading and logs.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/189846https://forum.netgate.com/post/189846Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:54:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File System Full for Ebedded update on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:42:13 GMT]]>Yeah - all the time i tried this the last years, it doesnt work … you have to reflash!

Thats also the reason why we changed our former pfsense boxes not located hat company headquarters back to m0n0 again ... but at the company pfsense makes a god job there furthermore (and i have physical access to reflash - which i'll not have at remote locations).

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/189749https://forum.netgate.com/post/189749Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:42:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File System Full for Ebedded update on Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:48:52 GMT]]>I dont belive upgrading embedded firmware is possible.

http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/UpgradeGuide#Embedded

Slam

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