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      LamaZ @stephenw10
      last edited by LamaZ

      @stephenw10 Thanks for the tip. The eMMC died many years ago. I thought I disabled it in the BIOS. I'll double check. I definitely targeted the hard disk with the installer /dev/ada0.

      Edit: It is the M.2 hard drive. No luck so far.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        AFAIK there is no way to disable the eMMC. It's a problem on the 5100.

        Perhaps the SSD has gone read only? That would be a lot of writes but that is a much more common failure mode for an SSD.

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          LamaZ @stephenw10
          last edited by LamaZ

          @stephenw10 OK, I could see something like ntopng writing a lot to disk. Question, how would I go about zeroing in on the SSD going into read only mode as the culprit if I can't SSH, webConfig, or console once it locks up? Is an rsyslog server going to be needed, or is there some other method to diagnose this?

          To be clear, the thought is that the install/upgrade process has so many consecutive writes that the SSD goes into read only mode. Did I get that right?

          PS -Thanks for the validation on the eMMC cannot be nuked on the 5100. I was going crazy trying to figure out how to permanently disable it.

          Thanks!

          -LamaZ

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            First check the SMART data. It should have an estimated wear level value.

            [24.11-RELEASE][admin@5100.stevew.lan]/root: smartctl -a /dev/ada0
            smartctl 7.4 2023-08-01 r5530 [FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT amd64] (local build)
            Copyright (C) 2002-23, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
            
            === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
            Device Model:     NT-32
            Serial Number:    987032300377
            LU WWN Device Id: 5 000000 000000000
            Firmware Version: 1.095.06
            User Capacity:    32,017,047,552 bytes [32.0 GB]
            Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
            Rotation Rate:    Solid State Device
            Form Factor:      2.5 inches
            TRIM Command:     Available
            Device is:        Not in smartctl database 7.3/5528
            ATA Version is:   ACS-2 T13/2015-D revision 3
            SATA Version is:  SATA 3.2, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
            Local Time is:    Tue Dec  3 00:58:51 2024 GMT
            SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
            SMART support is: Enabled
            
            === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
            SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
            
            General SMART Values:
            Offline data collection status:  (0x00)	Offline data collection activity
            					was never started.
            					Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
            Self-test execution status:      (   0)	The previous self-test routine completed
            					without error or no self-test has ever 
            					been run.
            Total time to complete Offline 
            data collection: 		(   32) seconds.
            Offline data collection
            capabilities: 			 (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
            					Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
            					Suspend Offline collection upon new
            					command.
            					Offline surface scan supported.
            					Self-test supported.
            					No Conveyance Self-test supported.
            					Selective Self-test supported.
            SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)	Saves SMART data before entering
            					power-saving mode.
            					Supports SMART auto save timer.
            Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.
            					General Purpose Logging supported.
            Short self-test routine 
            recommended polling time: 	 (   1) minutes.
            Extended self-test routine
            recommended polling time: 	 (   1) minutes.
            SCT capabilities: 	       (0x0039)	SCT Status supported.
            					SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
            					SCT Feature Control supported.
            					SCT Data Table supported.
            
            SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 0
            Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
            ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
              1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
              2 Throughput_Performance  0x0005   100   100   050    Pre-fail  Offline      -       0
              3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0007   100   100   050    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
              5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0013   100   100   050    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
              7 Unknown_SSD_Attribute   0x000b   100   100   050    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
              8 Unknown_SSD_Attribute   0x0005   100   100   050    Pre-fail  Offline      -       0
              9 Power_On_Hours          0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       46130
             10 Unknown_SSD_Attribute   0x0013   100   100   050    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
             12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       79
            167 Unknown_Attribute       0x0022   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
            168 Unknown_Attribute       0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
            169 Unknown_Attribute       0x0013   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       262146
            170 Unknown_Attribute       0x0013   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
            171 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
            172 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
            173 Unknown_Attribute       0x0012   134   134   000    Old_age   Always       -       3560591852425
            175 Program_Fail_Count_Chip 0x0013   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
            180 Unused_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Tot 0x0033   100   100   020    Pre-fail  Always       -       69
            187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
            192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       62
            194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   075   075   030    Old_age   Always       -       25 (0 60 0 30 0)
            197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
            231 Unknown_SSD_Attribute   0x0033   070   070   005    Pre-fail  Always       -       30
            240 Unknown_SSD_Attribute   0x0013   100   100   050    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
            241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       18383081362
            242 Total_LBAs_Read         0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       359301512
            
            SMART Error Log Version: 1
            No Errors Logged
            
            SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
            Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
            # 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     18192         -
            
            SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
             SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
                1        0        0  Not_testing
                2        0        0  Not_testing
                3        0        0  Not_testing
                4        0        0  Not_testing
                5        0        0  Not_testing
            Selective self-test flags (0x0):
              After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
            If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
            
            The above only provides legacy SMART information - try 'smartctl -x' for more
            

            So there the 'Unused_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Tot' is above zero, it still has spare blocks to use in the event of others failing. Other drives often have more useful values.

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              LamaZ @stephenw10
              last edited by

              @stephenw10 said in Problems upgrading/installing 24.11 on SG-5100:

              smartctl -a /dev/ada0

              You sir win! Here is my most un-favorite line in my output:

              === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
              SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: FAILED!
              Drive failure expected in less than 24 hours. SAVE ALL DATA.
              No failed Attributes found.
              

              Ordering another disk ASAP.

              -LamaZ

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                Yikes! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

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                  LamaZ @stephenw10
                  last edited by

                  @stephenw10 I can't thank you enough. Seriously. I've been going stir crazy for the past couple of days.

                  Question, should we rename the title of this thread? I don't want to give other SG-5100 owners the wrong impression when they see the title.

                  -LamaZ

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    I think it's probably fine to leave it. Not many people come looking for problems before they encounter them. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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                      Phizix @stephenw10
                      last edited by Phizix

                      @stephenw10 said in Problems upgrading/installing 24.11 on SG-5100:

                      I think it's probably fine to leave it. Not many people come looking for problems before they encounter them. ๐Ÿ˜‰

                      Uhhh I do! That is how I ended up in this thread. I have an SG 5100 and wanted to see what others experience has been upgrading to 24.11.

                      I suspect it will not be as much of an issue (I hope) since I went with a bit larger SSD. It shows about 1.5 years of life left.

                      @LamaZ - What size was your drive?

                      Phizix

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        I could change the title? The drive failure here isn't actually 5100 specific.

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                          Phizix @stephenw10
                          last edited by

                          @stephenw10 - I totally agree, but that is what originally pulled me into the thread. I wouldn't bother changing the thread title.

                          I also think that my wear rate is actually slower so I expect the 1.5 year estimate to be more like 3 years.

                          Phizix

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