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      guardian last edited by

      I am currently running 2.4.3-RELEASE-p1, and I see that older versions are no longer available, so I can't reinstall the old version.

      Can someone please give me some suggestions on a fallback strategy in the event my upgrade kills my router. If that happens I will be cut off from the internet completely, so it is essential that I have whatever I need to get back up and running immediately.

      Is it safe to create a tar.gz file of / - it's not an atomic transaction? If so what about restoration?

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      pfSense 2.6.0-RELEASE-CE

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        Asamat Global Moderator last edited by

        Hello,

        • make a backup (Diagnostics/Backup&Restore/Download configuration as XML)
        • download 2.4.4_p1 image and make bootable USB stick. With 2.4.4_p1 release, FAT32 partition will be created on USB stick, so you can put your XML configuration file into this partition.
        • upgrade and check if it works
        • if it isn't, reinstall from USB stick
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          guardian @Asamat last edited by guardian

          @asamat said in Upgrade - How to roll back:

          Hello,

          • make a backup (Diagnostics/Backup&Restore/Download configuration as XML)
          • download 2.4.4_p1 image and make bootable USB stick. With 2.4.4_p1 release, FAT32 partition will be created on USB stick, so you can put your XML configuration file into this partition.
          • upgrade and check if it works
          • if it isn't, reinstall from USB stick

          Thanks @asamat - Hopefully I won't need to roll back, but at least I know one way to do it.

          The system came back up. Only thing is the console froze with:
          Booting
          |

          The little spinner didn't spin and I got no boot messages.
          I did a second reboot and see if the issue would clear, but unfortunately it didn't.

          I'll post this as a separate thread.

          If you find my post useful, please give it a thumbs up!
          pfSense 2.6.0-RELEASE-CE

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