SG-5100: Doesn't boot after upgrading (23.05.1->23.09.1)

christianhg

I upgraded pfsense from 23.05.1 to 23.09.1 and noticed that the firewall didn't boot up properly (no IP addresses allocated for network clients).

I tried to factory reset the unit using the reset button, with no luck.

After a while I figured out how to connect to it using the USB console. Here there are a bunch of errors like

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function gettext() in /etc/inc/certs.inc:48
Stack trace:
#0 /etc/inc/functions.inc(34): require_once()
#1 /etc/inc/notices.inc(26): require_once('/etc/inc/functi...')
assword:Login timed out after 300 seconds/etc/inc/notice...')
#3 {main}
FreeBSD/amd64 (Amnesiac) (ttyu0)n line 48
/etc/rc: WARNING: $scponlyc_enable is not set properly - see rc.conf(5).
login: g cron.
cron: can't open or create /var/run/cron.pid: No such file or directory
/etc/rc: WARNING: failed to start cron
FreeBSD/amd64 (Amnesiac) (ttyu0)

And when I try to log in I get this:

login: admin
Password:
2023-12-30T02:39:42.803670+01:00 - login 1025 - - login on ttyu0 as admin
2023-12-30T02:39:42.803770+01:00 - login 1025 - - ROOT LOGIN (admin) ON ttyu0
login: /etc/rc.initial: No such file or directory

FreeBSD/amd64 (Amnesiac) (ttyu0)

Any idea what I can do? I have a backup config file. I just want to reset or restore the unit somehow.

Best regards Christian

SteveITS

@christianhg Quickest way is a reinstall which is easier than it seems at first.
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/sg-5100/reinstall-pfsense.html

christianhg

@SteveITS Thank you. I ended up doing this using an image provided to me from Netgate Support