Upgrade - How to roll back
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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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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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@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
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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.