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    Is nanobsd web-based upgrade supposed to be working now?

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 1.2.3-PRERELEASE-TESTING snapshots - RETIRED
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      gloomrider
      last edited by

      Hi

      I looked http://redmine.pfsense.org/projects/pfsense/issues?set_filter=1 and didn't see any open bugs for this.

      My last attempt to upgrade from 0731 snapshot to  0803 failed.  Am I doing something wrong?

      http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,18161.msg93883.html#msg93883

      Thanks in advance

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        gloomrider
        last edited by

        Bump

        I just tried an upgrade from the 0805 2GB snapshot to the 0807 2GB snapshot.  Same results.

        It would appear that the upgrade image "latest.tgz" is wiping out the partition table on slice 2 on the CF card.  I was unable to grab a copy of "latest.tgz" before the update process deleted it.  Same for the "upgrade_log.txt".

        Before upgrade:

        /dev/ad0s1
        /dev/ad0s1a
        /dev/ad0s1c
        /dev/ad0s2
        /dev/ad0s2a
        /dev/ad0s2c
        /dev/ad0s3
        /dev/ad0s4
        …
        After the upgrade attempt:

        /dev/ad0s1
        /dev/ad0s1a
        /dev/ad0s1c
        /dev/ad0s2
        /dev/ad0s3
        /dev/ad0s4

        ...

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          gloomrider
          last edited by

          More information

          "latest.tgz" is a tar file (Duh!), but I can't understand why "dd" would be used to copy it to slice2 of the CF card:

          
          NanoBSD upgrade starting
          
          dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad0s2 bs=1m count=1
          1+0 records in
          1+0 records out
          1048576 bytes transferred in 0.444509 secs (2358953 bytes/sec)
          
          /usr/bin/gzip -dc /root/latest.tgz | /bin/dd of=/dev/ad0s2 obs=64k
          191654+819 records in
          1501+1 records out
          98416640 bytes transferred in 26.344876 secs (3735703 bytes/sec)
          After upgrade fdisk/bsdlabel
          
          /sbin/fsck_ufs -y /dev/ad0s2a
          Can't stat /dev/ad0s2a: No such file or directory
          Can't stat /dev/ad0s2a: No such file or directory
          
          /sbin/tunefs -L pfsense1 /dev/ad0s2a
          tunefs: /dev/ad0s2a: could not find special device
          
          

          It would appear that the desire here is to have just one upgrade image ("latest.tgz") regardless of CF card size.  Without knowing more about the intent and goals of the developers, I can only guess.  Perhaps a better approach would be:

          Remake the file system on slice 2.  No "dd" zeroing out of the slice.  newfs should just do the right thing regardless of CF card size.  Then untar latest.tgz into the newly made slice2 root.  Obviously if you're booted on slice2 all of this would happen to slice1 instead.

          I think this explains why the upgrade works for those that download the appropriate image from http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_RELENG_7_2/pfSense_RELENG_1_2/updates/ and apply it manually through the web interface.  Those are disk images.

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            gloomrider
            last edited by

            Last update

            Yes, manual update from the correct disk image works perfectly  ;D:

            
            NanoBSD upgrade starting
            
            dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad0s2 bs=1m count=1
            1+0 records in                             
            1+0 records out                            
            1048576 bytes transferred in 0.441099 secs (2377190 bytes/sec)
            
            /usr/bin/gzip -dc /root/firmware.tgz | /bin/dd of=/dev/ad0s2 obs=64k
            WARNING: Expected rawoffset 0, found 63
            1949066+606 records in                                                         
            15229+1 records out                                                            
            998097408 bytes transferred in 221.885917 secs (4498246 bytes/sec)             
            After upgrade fdisk/bsdlabel                                                   
            
            /sbin/fsck_ufs -y /dev/ad0s2a
            *** FINAL System shutdown message from root@xxxxxx.lan ***                      
            System going down IMMEDIATELY                                                   
            
            pfSense is now shutting down ...
            
            Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `vnlru' to stop...done
            Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `bufdaemon' to stop...done
            Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `syncer' to stop...       
            Syncing disks, vnodes remaining...0 0 done                            
            All buffers synced.                                                   
            Uptime: 22h27m37s                                                     
            vr2: vr_stop: Rx shutdown error                                       
            Rebooting...                                                          
            PC Engines ALIX.2 v0.99h                                              
            640 KB Base Memory                                                    
            261120 KB Extended Memory                                             
            
            01F0 Master 848A SanDisk SDCFH2-002G                     
            Phys C/H/S 3970/16/63 Log C/H/S 992/64/63                
            
            1   FreeBSD
            2   FreeBSD
            
            Boot:   2 
            //bboooott..ccoonnffiigg::  --DD
            
            Consoles: internal video/keyboard  serial port  
            BIOS drive C: is disk0                          
            BIOS 640kB/261120kB available memory            
            
            FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
            (sullrich@RELENG_1_2__FreeBSD_7_2_snaps.pfsense.org, Fri Aug  7 21:05:43 EDT 2009)
            Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf                                              
            /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x72f4b8 data=0x13cbec+0x51c60 |                       
            -                                                                               
            Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.           
            Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]...                                                
            Copyright (c) 1992-2009 The FreeBSD Project.                                    
            Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994        
                    The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.       
            FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.                    
            FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p3 #0: Fri Aug  7 21:14:29 EDT 2009                         
                sullrich@RELENG_1_2__FreeBSD_7_2_snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/pfS7
            Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0                              
            CPU: Geode(TM) Integrated Processor by AMD PCS (498.05-MHz 586-class CPU)
            ...
            
            

            Wow, that's the first time I've successfully upgraded without a screwdriver!!!  8)

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              Clown
              last edited by

              I don't get it  ??? … I'm probably to stupid :P

              I have also the alix with a 2GB CF card wit 1.2.3-RC2 (built on Thu Jul 23 17:25:52 EDT 2009)  and tried to flash the lastest.gz from http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_RELENG_7_2/pfSense_RELENG_1_2/.updaters from the web menu manual firmware upgrade (it didn't work).

              @gloomrider: Can you make a step-by-step manual, only short, which file to download, updgrade in console?, or manuel firmware upgrade from the firmware menu...

              Many thanks!!!!

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                gloomrider
                last edited by

                If you attempted to upgrade using "latest.tgz", this likely wiped out your partition table on slice2.  I can't be certain subsequent attempts to upgrade will be successful.

                For a 2GB card, you'll want this file:

                http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_RELENG_7_2/pfSense_RELENG_1_2/updates/pfSense-1.2.3-2g-20090807-2123-nanobsd-upgrade.img.gz

                You can always find the latest upgrades at http://snapshots.pfsense.org

                After you have the file downloaded, use the "Manual Update" tab, "Enable Firmware Upload", browse for the file you downloaded above and click the "Update firmware" button.

                But like I said, you may have wiped out your slice2 in which case, you may not be able to upgrade at all.  :(

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                  gloomrider
                  last edited by

                  It's a beautiful thing.  I was able to capture the entire upgrade process.  The log is attached.  For those of you (like me) who didn't really understand what was going on under the covers, this should reveal much.

                  Now if only auto-update worked this well!  ;D

                  upgrade.txt

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                    pakjebakmeel
                    last edited by

                    I have tried this exactly as described in the posts above and it seems this is not working for me somehow. I'm running an ALIX board with 3 NICS and an internal wireless card. This is what I did:

                    • Completely erase the CF Card
                    • Write "pfSense-1.2.3-4g-20090819-0545-nanobsd.img" to the card
                    • Logon to the webinterface and upload my latest backup
                    • The firewall reboots (clean build, only config restored)
                    • Logon to the webinterface and navigate to the manual update page
                    • Upload the following file: "http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_RELENG_7_2/pfSense_RELENG_1_2/updates/pfSense-1.2.3-4g-20090821-0842-nanobsd-upgrade.img.gz"

                    Now, the firmware in progress animation is displayed until you manually reboot the device. I can leave it running for 24 hours and still nothing happen. Upgrade log only shows:

                    
                    pfsense:/conf#  tail upgrade_log.txt 
                    
                    NanoBSD Firmware upgrade in progress...
                    pfsense:/conf#
                    
                    

                    Only thing I noticed is that the new Nano-BSD upgrade files are *.gz and it looks like all the systems expect a *.tgz, in the upgrade_log.txt Gloomrider posted it also shows a "/root/firmware.tgz" file?  ??? I'm confused now, am I supposed to upload a *.gz or *.tgz??

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                      gloomrider
                      last edited by

                      ".tgz" is a gzipped tar file.  This makes sense for "upgrade.tgz" as it's basically a tar image of the root file system.  "firmware.tgz" is another matter as this is actually a disk image that is sized for the specific CF card.  These naming conventions are a bit of a nit.  "firmware.tgz" should actually be "firmware.gz", but it doesn't break anything the way it is.

                      The log that I posted I got from the serial console.  Before I did anything, I attached to the serial console, typed "8" for a shell prompt, then typed "tail -f /cf/conf/upgrade_log.txt".  If you have never upgraded this file will not exist.  Perhaps you could do something like "touch /cf/conf/upgrade_log.txt" before you begin.  Now download the upgrade image then upload it to pfSense through the manual web method.  As soon as the upload is complete, you should start seeing stuff written to the log.

                      It's crucial to begin "tailing" the log before you begin the upgrade.

                      Hope This Helps

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                        pakjebakmeel
                        last edited by

                        Hi Gloomrider,

                        Thanks for your reply, that clears up about gz vs tgz.

                        Unfortunately that does not change the situation, when I write pfSense-1.2.3-4g-20090819-0545-nanobsd.img snapshot to my 4GB compact flashcard all is running fine. Next, I use the console update or the manual firmware upload on the webinterface to load "pfSense-1.2.3-4g-20090821-0842-nanobsd-upgrade.img.gz".

                        At this point nothing happens, I can leave it running for 24 hours but the firmware does not update. The update log file only shows the lines I posted.

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                          gloomrider
                          last edited by

                          What output does this command give?:

                          
                          ls /dev/ad0*
                          
                          
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                            pakjebakmeel
                            last edited by

                            @gloomrider:

                            What output does this command give?:

                            
                            ls /dev/ad0*
                            
                            

                            pfsense:~#  ls -l /dev/ad0*

                            crw-r–---  1 root  operator    0,  66 Aug 23 20:09 /dev/ad0
                            crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  67 Aug 23 20:09 /dev/ad0s1
                            crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  70 Aug 23 20:09 /dev/ad0s1a
                            crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  71 Aug 23 20:09 /dev/ad0s1c
                            crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  68 Aug 23 20:09 /dev/ad0s2
                            crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  72 Aug 23 20:09 /dev/ad0s2a
                            crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  73 Aug 23 20:09 /dev/ad0s2c
                            crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  69 Aug 23 20:09 /dev/ad0s3

                            After the upgrade some are missing.. Could it have something to do with my config, or perhaps something with this specific snapshot? Should this work regardless of the XML config?

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                              gloomrider
                              last edited by

                              This all looks fine.  Are you able to attach a serial cable?  Are you certain you're "tailing" the log before you start uploading the upgrade file through the web GUI?

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                                pakjebakmeel
                                last edited by

                                @gloomrider:

                                This all looks fine.  Are you able to attach a serial cable?  Are you certain you're "tailing" the log before you start uploading the upgrade file through the web GUI?

                                I've flashed the latest image onto the card now and it is working. When the next snapshot is released I will connect the console cable and post what happens on the console. Would I need to start "tail" on the console or will just the console output do?

                                Ow, just for fun I tried an upgrade to "pfSense-2.0-ALPHA-ALPHA-4g-20090821-0521-nanobsd-upgrade.img" and that worked fine. As this is still alpha I'm now back on 1.2.3-RC2.

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                                  gloomrider
                                  last edited by

                                  Yes, if you use the serial console to watch the upgrade, you would want to "tail -f /cf/conf/upgrade_log.txt" before you upload the upgrade file through the GUI.  The nice thing about doing this through the serial console is you also get to watch which slice it boots from.

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                                    pakjebakmeel
                                    last edited by

                                    It could have been something with the previous snapshot. This update succeeded  ;D ;D ;D

                                    
                                    NanoBSD Firmware upgrade in progress...
                                    
                                    Installing /root/firmware.tgz.
                                    Installing /root/firmware.tgz.
                                    SLICE 2
                                    OLDSLICE 1
                                    TOFLASH ad0s2
                                    COMPLETE_PATH ad0s2a
                                    GLABEL_SLICE pfsense1
                                    Wed Aug 26 14:20:37 CEST 2009
                                    
                                    total 8
                                    dr-xr-xr-x   7 root   wheel          512 Aug 26 12:18 .
                                    drwxr-xr-x  23 root   wheel         1024 Aug 26 12:18 ..
                                    crw-r-----   1 root   operator    0,  66 Aug 26 12:18 ad0
                                    crw-r-----   1 root   operator    0,  67 Aug 26 12:18 ad0s1
                                    crw-r-----   1 root   operator    0,  70 Aug 26 12:18 ad0s1a
                                    crw-r-----   1 root   operator    0,  71 Aug 26 12:18 ad0s1c
                                    crw-r-----   1 root   operator    0,  68 Aug 26 12:18 ad0s2
                                    crw-r-----   1 root   operator    0,  72 Aug 26 12:18 ad0s2a
                                    crw-r-----   1 root   operator    0,  73 Aug 26 12:18 ad0s2c
                                    crw-r-----   1 root   operator    0,  69 Aug 26 12:18 ad0s3
                                    crw-------   1 root   operator    0,  25 Aug 26 12:18 ata
                                    crw-------   1 root   wheel       0,  74 Aug 26 12:19 bpf0
                                    crw-------   1 root   wheel       0,  76 Aug 26 12:18 bpf1
                                    crw-------   1 root   wheel       0,  86 Aug 26 12:18 bpf2
                                    crw-------   1 root   wheel       0,  94 Aug 26 14:17 bpf3
                                    crw-------   1 root   wheel       0,  95 Aug 26 12:18 bpf4
                                    crw-------   1 root   wheel       0,  96 Aug 26 12:18 bpf5
                                    crw-------   1 root   tty         0,  10 Aug 26 14:20 console
                                    crw-rw-rw-   1 root   wheel       0,  53 Aug 26 12:18 crypto
                                    crw-rw-rw-   1 root   wheel       0,  11 Aug 26 12:18 ctty
                                    crw-rw----   1 uucp   dialer      0,  43 Aug 26 12:18 cuad0
                                    crw-rw----   1 uucp   dialer      0,  44 Aug 26 12:18 cuad0.init
                                    crw-rw----   1 uucp   dialer      0,  45 Aug 26 12:18 cuad0.lock
                                    crw-rw----   1 uucp   dialer      0,  49 Aug 26 12:18 cuad1
                                    crw-rw----   1 uucp   dialer      0,  50 Aug 26 12:18 cuad1.init
                                    crw-rw----   1 uucp   dialer      0,  51 Aug 26 12:18 cuad1.lock
                                    crw-------   1 root   wheel       0,   5 Aug 26 12:18 devctl
                                    cr--------   1 root   wheel       0,  65 Aug 26 12:18 devstat
                                    dr-xr-xr-x   2 root   wheel          512 Aug 26 12:18 fd
                                    crw-------   1 root   wheel       0,  12 Aug 26 12:18 fido
                                    crw-r-----   1 root   operator    0,   4 Aug 26 12:18 geom.ctl
                                    crw-------   1 root   wheel       0,  22 Aug 26 12:18 io
                                    crw-------   1 root   wheel       0,   7 Aug 26 12:18 klog
                                    crw-r-----   1 root   kmem        0,  21 Aug 26 12:18 kmem
                                    dr-xr-xr-x   2 root   wheel          512 Aug 26 12:18 led
                                    crw-r-----   1 root   operator    0,  84 Aug 26 12:18 md0
                                    crw-r-----   1 root   operator    0,  85 Aug 26 12:18 md1
                                    crw-------   1 root   wheel       0,  63 Aug 26 12:18 mdctl
                                    crw-r-----   1 root   kmem        0,  20 Aug 26 12:18 mem
                                    dr-xr-xr-x   2 root   wheel          512 Aug 26 12:18 net
                                    lrwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel            7 Aug 26 12:18 net1 -> net/vr0
                                    lrwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel            7 Aug 26 12:18 net2 -> net/vr1
                                    lrwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel            7 Aug 26 12:18 net3 -> net/vr2
                                    lrwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel            8 Aug 26 12:18 net4 -> net/ath0
                                    lrwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel           10 Aug 26 12:18 net5 -> net/pflog0
                                    lrwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel           11 Aug 26 12:18 net6 -> net/pfsync0
                                    lrwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel            8 Aug 26 12:18 net7 -> net/enc0
                                    lrwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel            7 Aug 26 12:18 net8 -> net/lo0
                                    lrwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel            8 Aug 26 12:19 net9 -> net/tun0
                                    crw-------   1 root   wheel       0,   3 Aug 26 12:18 network
                                    crw-------   1 root   wheel       0,  52 Aug 26 12:18 nfs4
                                    crw-------   1 root   kmem        0,  13 Aug 26 12:18 nfslock
                                    crw-rw-rw-   1 root   wheel       0,  23 Aug 26 14:20 null
                                    crw-r--r--   1 root   wheel       0,   6 Aug 26 12:18 pci
                                    crw-rw----   1 proxy  proxy       0,  54 Aug 26 12:18 pf
                                    crw-rw-rw-   1 root   wheel       0,  97 Aug 26 14:20 ptyp0
                                    crw-rw-rw-   1 root   wheel       0,   8 Aug 26 12:18 random
                                    lrwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel            4 Aug 26 12:18 stderr -> fd/2
                                    lrwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel            4 Aug 26 12:18 stdin -> fd/0
                                    lrwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel            4 Aug 26 12:18 stdout -> fd/1
                                    crw-------   1 root   wheel       0,  40 Aug 26 12:18 ttyd0
                                    crw-------   1 root   wheel       0,  41 Aug 26 12:18 ttyd0.init
                                    crw-------   1 root   wheel       0,  42 Aug 26 12:18 ttyd0.lock
                                    crw-------   1 root   wheel       0,  46 Aug 26 12:18 ttyd1
                                    crw-------   1 root   wheel       0,  47 Aug 26 12:18 ttyd1.init
                                    crw-------   1 root   wheel       0,  48 Aug 26 12:18 ttyd1.lock
                                    crw--w----   1 root   tty         0,  98 Aug 26 14:20 ttyp0
                                    crw-------   1 uucp   dialer      0,  87 Aug 26 14:20 tun0
                                    dr-xr-xr-x   2 root   wheel          512 Aug 26 12:18 ufs
                                    dr-xr-xr-x   2 root   wheel          512 Aug 26 12:18 ufsid
                                    lrwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel            6 Aug 26 12:18 urandom -> random
                                    crw-rw----   1 root   operator    0,  38 Aug 26 12:18 usb
                                    crw-rw----   1 root   operator    0,  37 Aug 26 12:18 usb0
                                    crw-rw----   1 root   operator    0,  39 Aug 26 12:18 usb1
                                    crw-------   1 root   operator    0,  64 Aug 26 12:18 xpt0
                                    crw-rw-rw-   1 root   wheel       0,  24 Aug 26 12:18 zero
                                    
                                    -rw-------  1 root  wheel    40M Aug 26 14:19 /root/firmware.tgz
                                    
                                    MD5 (/root/firmware.tgz) = 8b457e76d20107d7627bc685a9d193c7
                                    
                                    /dev/ufs/pfsense0 on / (ufs, local)
                                    devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
                                    /dev/md0 on /var/tmp (ufs, local)
                                    /dev/md1 on /var (ufs, local)
                                    /dev/ufs/cf on /cf (ufs, local)
                                    devfs on /var/dhcpd/dev (devfs, local)
                                    
                                    last pid: 24015;  load averages:  1.65,  0.58,  0.22  up 0+02:02:24    14:20:40
                                    39 processes:  2 running, 37 sleeping
                                    
                                    Mem: 47M Active, 65M Inact, 28M Wired, 40K Cache, 34M Buf, 99M Free
                                    Swap:
                                    
                                      PID USERNAME  THR PRI NICE   SIZE    RES STATE    TIME   WCPU COMMAND
                                      890 root        1   4    0 46120K 20636K accept   0:52  0.00% php
                                      507 root        1  44    0  5944K  3908K select   0:48  0.00% openvpn
                                      873 root        1   4    0  7180K  4780K kqread   0:30  0.00% lighttpd
                                      888 root        1   4    0 44072K 17804K accept   0:05  0.00% php
                                     1767 root        1  -8   20  3492K  1388K piperd   0:03  0.00% sh
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                                    21671 root        1  44    0  7780K  3280K select   0:01  0.00% sshd
                                      420 root        1  44    0  3312K  1492K select   0:00  0.00% hostapd
                                      944 nobody      1  44    0  3156K  1316K select   0:00  0.00% dnsmasq
                                    21839 root        1  20    0  3508K  2288K pause    0:00  0.00% tcsh
                                      483 root        1 -58    0  5716K  2252K bpf      0:00  0.00% tcpdump
                                      247 root        1  44    0  3268K  1124K select   0:00  0.00% syslogd
                                    11251 _ntp        1  44    0  3156K  1228K select   0:00  0.00% ntpd
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                                      881 root        1   8    0 39976K  5264K wait     0:00  0.00% php
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                                    NanoBSD upgrade starting
                                    
                                    dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad0s2 bs=1m count=1
                                    1+0 records in
                                    1+0 records out
                                    1048576 bytes transferred in 0.204520 secs (5127010 bytes/sec)
                                    
                                    /usr/bin/gzip -dc /root/firmware.tgz | /bin/dd of=/dev/ad0s2 obs=64k
                                    3949906+635 records in
                                    30861+1 records out
                                    2022547968 bytes transferred in 391.879336 secs (5161150 bytes/sec)
                                    After upgrade fdisk/bsdlabel
                                    
                                    /sbin/fsck_ufs -y /dev/ad0s2a
                                    ** /dev/ad0s2a
                                    ** Last Mounted on /tmp/builder/_.mnt
                                    ** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
                                    ** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames
                                    ** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity
                                    ** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts
                                    ** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups
                                    3436 files, 161085 used, 3723055 free (4447 frags, 464826 blocks, 0.1% fragmentation)
                                    
                                    /sbin/tunefs -L pfsense1 /dev/ad0s2a
                                    
                                    /dev/ufs/pfsense1 / ufs ro 1 1
                                    /dev/ufs/cf /cf ufs ro 1 1
                                    
                                    gpart set -a active -i 2 ad0
                                    ad0s2 has active set
                                    
                                    /usr/sbin/boot0cfg -s 2 -v /dev/ad0
                                    #   flag     start chs   type       end chs       offset         size
                                    1   0x00      0:  1: 1   0xa5    846: 15:63           63      3950289
                                    2   0x80    847:  1: 1   0xa5    669: 15:63      3950415      3950289
                                    3   0x00    670:  0: 1   0xa5    771: 15:63      7900704       102816
                                    
                                    version=1.0  drive=0x80  mask=0x3  ticks=182  bell=# (0x23)
                                    options=packet,update,nosetdrv
                                    default_selection=F2 (Slice 2)
                                    Wed Aug 26 14:27:33 CEST 2009
                                    
                                    *** FINAL System shutdown message from root@pfsense.local ***
                                    System going down IMMEDIATELY
                                    
                                    
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                                      gloomrider
                                      last edited by

                                      Cool!  ;D

                                      This is the 4G update I see.  Did you happen to notice it took 6.5 minutes to flash one slice?  :o

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                                        pakjebakmeel
                                        last edited by

                                        @gloomrider:

                                        Cool!  ;D

                                        This is the 4G update I see.  Did you happen to notice it took 6.5 minutes to flash one slice?  :o

                                        Yes, 6.5 minutes of worrying that I might need to open the case again  :D The CF controllers on ALIX boards don't seem to be very fast :-) So what do I do now? Do I need to copy Slice2 to Slice1 or just leave it like this? What happens if I invoke the next upgrade? Does it then upgrade Slice1 and the set that one active and reboot?

                                        –---------------------

                                        EDIT:

                                        I see we cheered a bit too soon:

                                        
                                        pfsense:~#  fdisk
                                        
                                        ******* Working on device /dev/ufs/pfsense1 *******
                                        parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are:
                                        cylinders=3918 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008 blks/cyl)
                                        
                                        Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1
                                        parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are:
                                        cylinders=3918 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008 blks/cyl)
                                        
                                        fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found
                                        Media sector size is 512
                                        Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1
                                        Information from DOS bootblock is:
                                        The data for partition 1 is:
                                        sysid 165 (0xa5),(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)
                                            start 63, size 3949281 (1928 Meg), flag 80 (active)
                                                beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 1;
                                                end: cyl 845/ head 15/ sector 63
                                        The data for partition 2 is:
                                         <unused>The data for partition 3 is:
                                         <unused>The data for partition 4 is:
                                         <unused>pfsense:~#  ls -l /dev/ad0*
                                        crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  66 Aug 26 14:28 /dev/ad0
                                        crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  67 Aug 26 22:15 /dev/ad0s1
                                        crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  68 Aug 26 14:28 /dev/ad0s2
                                        crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  72 Aug 26 14:28 /dev/ad0s2a
                                        crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  73 Aug 26 14:28 /dev/ad0s2c
                                        crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  69 Aug 26 14:28 /dev/ad0s3</unused></unused></unused> 
                                        

                                        So now fdisk shows that there is no second partition and I'm missing some stuff under /dev/ad*

                                        darnit.. Everything still works though..

                                        UPDATE2:

                                        After duplicating Slice2 to Slice1 the ls -l /dev/ad0* seems okay again. Fdisk is still reporting only 1 partition and an invalid parition table??  ??? ??? ??? ???

                                        
                                        pfsense:~#  fdisk
                                        ******* Working on device /dev/ufs/pfsense1 *******
                                        parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are:
                                        cylinders=3918 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008 blks/cyl)
                                        
                                        Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1
                                        parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are:
                                        cylinders=3918 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008 blks/cyl)
                                        
                                        fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found
                                        Media sector size is 512
                                        Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1
                                        Information from DOS bootblock is:
                                        The data for partition 1 is:
                                        sysid 165 (0xa5),(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)
                                            start 63, size 3949281 (1928 Meg), flag 80 (active)
                                                beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 1;
                                                end: cyl 845/ head 15/ sector 63
                                        The data for partition 2 is:
                                         <unused>The data for partition 3 is:
                                         <unused>The data for partition 4 is:
                                         <unused>pfsense:~#  ls -l /dev/ad*
                                        crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  66 Aug 26 14:28 /dev/ad0
                                        crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  67 Aug 26 22:30 /dev/ad0s1
                                        crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 101 Aug 26 14:28 /dev/ad0s1a
                                        crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 102 Aug 26 14:28 /dev/ad0s1c
                                        crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  68 Aug 26 14:28 /dev/ad0s2
                                        crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  72 Aug 26 14:28 /dev/ad0s2a
                                        crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  73 Aug 26 14:28 /dev/ad0s2c
                                        crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  69 Aug 26 14:28 /dev/ad0s3</unused></unused></unused> 
                                        
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                                          gloomrider
                                          last edited by

                                          Interesting.  The log output shows the update seemed to work as expected.  Just curious, did the update not work, or are you just concerned with what fdisk is saying?

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                                            pakjebakmeel
                                            last edited by

                                            The update worked fine, I'm running the 26th snapshot now. No issues whatsoever.

                                            But the experience with this Fdisk output tells me the next upgrade will fail  ::)

                                            Could someone please briefly explain the differences between slices, partitions and the /dev/ad0* files and how they relate to each other?  ???

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