pfSense refuses to reboot
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@stephenw10 Thank you for your help. I will do a clean install during the weekend.
I had another thought. When I reinstalled my devices, I used my backup SG-1100. Now I have an N100-based mini PC. May some arm64 vs x86 package confusiosion?But a clean install is the best.
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@hunor It will only download packages from the appropriate repo.
For grins, you could try reverting to the default configuration. If it still happens it’s not a config file problem. If the problem goes away you could restore your config file one part at a time.
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Nope there should be no issue with an architecture change. The config is the same. The only think you might see is if you have some hardware specific system tunable. But there aren't any by default and they simply wouldn't do anything on different hardware anyway,
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I'm unsure if this helps, but I got this when I tried resetting to Factory default.
I ended up wiping the SSD and reinstalling the whole system. I tried to import/restore the backup, but it failed again. So I did it piece-by-piece, without installing packages.
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It failed the same way? Could not reboot after restoring the config?
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When I applied the whole backup file. Yes.
When I did piece by piece (I think I left out the packages and a few others) and reinstalled everything package, and reconfigured it. It worked. -
Huh, so you still ended up with the same packages installed?
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@stephenw10 Yes, except I didn't import the old config files.
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Hmm, well that's bizarre! Are you able to replicate it with an example config at all? This feels a bug that needs squashing.
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@stephenw10 Well, I can sanitize my config file and I can post it. Or when I have time I can replace the SSD in my system and "reinstall" it. It is my main router, so I need some time.
