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    Boot Environment and old version

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Plus 22.05 Development Snapshots (Retired)
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      swixo
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      Boot Environments - Amazing. Already been helpful in debugging OpenVPN config.

      However - I note that there is an Environment created of the old PF install - its created when updating. When I chose that and rebooted, the system did not come back, and there were a ton of errors in the console about config problems.

      I expected it might be able to boot into the old image - and not get back, because it was an old image. But I didn't expect it to fail like this.

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        Like a 22.01 snap?

        Changes in the filesystem layout can make going backwards a problem like that.

        Going forward you should be OK as we don't expect to see layout changes between, for example, 22.05 and 22.09.

        Steve

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          swixo @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10
          The Environment was the 22.01 release version. If restarting into it will break the system, better to not create it at all, IMHO.

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            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            I agree. In 22.05 there will be an option to not create a BE at upgrade.

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              swixo @stephenw10
              last edited by swixo

              @stephenw10
              If there is a way to make it actually boot and run - that would be better!

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