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    23.09.1 - pfsense-boot fails to upgrade

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      pfBo
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      Hi all,

      I'm getting this error during the upgrade process (see attached logfile). I wanted to paste it in but kept getting tagged as spam....

      Upgrade_error_log.txt

      Has anyone seen this before and maybe even have a solution?

      Thanks,

      Bo

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        pfBo @pfBo
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            alethewizard
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            Hi.

            Same issue here, but only on one upgrade from 2.7.1 to 2.7.2 and this is the only one on virtual machine (VMware ESXi).

            No issues on all the other upgrades on physical appliances (both CE and Plus).

            Thanks.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              Try running gpart show on the affected system. See if it has an unexpectedly small efi partition.

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                alethewizard @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10

                efi (200M)

                Thanks.

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                  jrey @stephenw10
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                  @pfBo @alethewizard

                  since @stephenw10 "unexpectedly small" isn't clearly defined, just for reference my virtual test machine (2.7.2 installed fine) is
                  40 532480 1 efi (260M)

                  but the production box (23.09) on a 2100
                  1 409600 1 efi (200M)

                  won't be upgrading my production netgate box until Monday, because upgrade policy for production says no upgrades on a Friday! But also have never had an issue with upgrades in the past at the 200 level.

                  Q. give me "unexpectedly small for 200 please"
                  A. what is too small?

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                    Both those are expected sizes. If it was tiny, like <10M, that might be an issue but I don't think we've ever used that for amd64 installs.

                    We are still digging into this.

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                      alethewizard @stephenw10
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                      @stephenw10

                      Thank you.

                      I have always updated this VM from 2.4.5 to 2.7.1 without any issues.

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                        jrey @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10
                        I figured you we're talking really small. but it is also good to have a reference points..

                        I honestly don't expect I'll have an issue at the 200 level on the 2100, never have.

                        I should also point out for reference that my 2.7.2 virtual is running on an Intel host.

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                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          Can we assume they are VMs configured as UEFI?

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                            alethewizard @jrey
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                            @jrey

                            Hi jrey.

                            What is your hypervisor?

                            Thanks.

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                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @pfBo
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                              @pfBo said in 23.09.1 - pfsense-boot fails to upgrade:

                              I'm getting this error during the upgrade process (see attached logfile). I wanted to paste it in but kept getting tagged as spam....

                              Upgrade_error_log.txt

                              I assume those are just excepts from the upgrade log? Do you have the full log available?

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                                alethewizard @stephenw10
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                                @stephenw10

                                Yes, EFI Virtual Machine on VMware ESXi.

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                                  slu @pfBo
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                                  Same error for me:

                                  https://forum.netgate.com/topic/184661/unable-to-upgrade-from-2-7-1-to-2-7-2-unmounting-boot-efi-done-failed

                                  pfSense Gold subscription

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                                    jrey @alethewizard
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                                    @alethewizard

                                    I'm just running my test pfsense on a Virtual Box, hosted on a local intel MAC.

                                    "Enable EFI" is selected and functioning.

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                                    • jimpJ
                                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                                      What does this show for you (or anyone getting similar errors):

                                      # df -hi /boot/efi/efi/boot/
                                      

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                                        valerion @jimp
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                                        @jimp said in 23.09.1 - pfsense-boot fails to upgrade:

                                        What does this show for you (or anyone getting similar errors):

                                        # df -hi /boot/efi/efi/boot/
                                        

                                        [2.7.1-RELEASE][admin@<>]/root: df -hi /boot/efi/efi/boot/
                                        Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity iused ifree %iused Mounted on
                                        zroot/ROOT/default 95G 1.1G 93G 1% 51k 196M 0% /

                                        [2.7.1-RELEASE][admin@<>]/root: gpart show
                                        => 40 234454960 ada0 GPT (112G)
                                        40 409600 1 efi (200M)
                                        409640 1024 2 freebsd-boot (512K)
                                        410664 984 - free - (492K)
                                        411648 4194304 3 freebsd-swap (2.0G)
                                        4605952 229847040 4 freebsd-zfs (110G)
                                        234452992 2008 - free - (1.0M)

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                                          alethewizard @valerion
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                                          @valerion

                                          Please read https://forum.netgate.com/topic/184661/unable-to-upgrade-from-2-7-1-to-2-7-2-unmounting-boot-efi-done-failed/15

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                                          • jimpJ
                                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                                            The EFI partition isn't mounted there.

                                            Do you have either /dev/msdosfs/EFISYS or /dev/gpt/EFISYS? If so, try this instead:

                                            # mount_msdosfs /dev/msdosfs/EFISYS /boot/efi
                                            

                                            Or

                                            # mount_msdosfs /dev/gpt/EFISYS /boot/efi
                                            

                                            Followed by the df -hi /boot/efi/efi/boot/ command.

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