pfSense CE 2.8.0 upgrade stalls after reboot and gets stuck in Stage 2
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Yup more features are coming to the Net Installer.
I'll try to replicate that in Proxmox. I have numerous VMs that look identical to that though that didn't it. Yet.
If you can try upgrading a VM set as machine type Q35 there. See if that still hits it.
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@stephenw10 Just tested setting the VM to q35 when still running 2.7.2 and updated to 2.8.1 but it gets stuck at the same point.
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Welp... At it seems I am running into the same issues as some other posters as I did notice a post a while back about HP DL systems running into an identical problem. After doing a fresh install of 2.7.x upgrading to 2.7.2 and then trying to upgrade to 2.8.1 using the update configuration the system goes into a boot loop.
My exact configuration for bare metal hardware is the following:
HP DL360 GEN9 64GB ECC Ram, 2x Samsung 500GB in ZFS Mirror
2X - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz- qnap qxg 10g2t x710
- Sun Oracle 7014776 Intel G58497 Dual-Port 10GbE Base-T Gen2 PCIe NIC
The QNAP nic is for the reason of being ISP agnostic as it can cover all Gig speeds.
I have tried the following:
1.) Install from memstick media with 2.7.x and then proceed to select the option to update to 2.8.1. After the system goes trough the install it then proceeds to attempt to boot. However, when loading the initial boot splash from the bootloader it counts down but the moment it hits the end the system is triggered into a reboot. This then keeps happening every time the system boots.2.) One of the prior fixes was stated to hit "6" at the bootloader to failback to the older kernel. This then seemed to force the system to upgrade packages which it stumbled through for a bit to which point it would then reboot when done and go right back into the bootloop.
3.) The next attempt was to try to download the newer NetGate installer and attempt to run through a fresh install dialog, it seemed to attempt the installation pulling down from the Netgate mirror however, it still exhibited the same issue when trying to boot as it would just bootloop again.
Thankfully this is a new build so it is not in any sort of "production" environment at the moment however, this issue occurs on an exactly identical hardware configuration for 2.7.2 going to 2.8.1 for my primary router as well. So since I have two identical systems exhibiting the exact same symptoms I am not sure if there is any real option at this point other than to fail back to 2.7.2 for now. I am not sure if anyone has found a working fix for the HP DL360/380 systems yet for 2.8.x
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Ok, now I feel dumb... In one of the other areas of the forum it mentioned there could be EFI issues with the HP DL360/380 systems. I then attempted to switch the system BIOS into "Legacy Mode" which seems to have resolved the problem. So it seems per the other thread, they could very well be correct as there is something in EFI that is causing this problem.
I will have to see if I can do the changeover for my primary production router as well. So my next upgrade procedure will be re-install 2.7.x on the legacy BIOS, Import my backup while in legacy bios and then attempt to upgrade to 2.8.1.
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@skybot said in pfSense CE 2.8.0 upgrade stalls after reboot and gets stuck in Stage 2:
Unfortunately, switching from UEFI to BIOS is not an option in my environment. At this point I am stuck and don’t know how to proceed further.
Has anyone found a workaround or solution for this issue on HPE ProLiant systems? Any advice or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
How many different USB sticks, and which disk imager programs have you tried to create your bootable media with?
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It looks like we are close to finding a solution to the HP DL issue (and likely other hardware).
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This is what happens on mine:
I have to end up doing a serial only console which is not ideal either
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@andres-asm if I read it correctly you're running pfSense in a VM on Proxmox (8 or 9?) with EFI.
What 'Machine' are you using on Proxmox, 'Default (i440fx) or 'q35'?
There is a thread about issues with pfSense running on Proxmox with UEFI: After upgrade 24.03 to 24.11 reboot hangs at start @ 0xffffff..... The root cause is not yet known.
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P patient0 referenced this topic
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@patient0 said in pfSense CE 2.8.0 upgrade stalls after reboot and gets stuck in Stage 2:
@andres-asm if I read it correctly you're running pfSense in a VM on Proxmox (8 or 9?) with EFI.
What 'Machine' are you using on Proxmox, 'Default (i440fx) or 'q35'?
There is a thread about issues with pfSense running on Proxmox with UEFI: After upgrade 24.03 to 24.11 reboot hangs at start @ 0xffffff..... The root cause is not yet known.
Q35, it sometimes works, sometimes doesn't, it's super annoying
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I removed these lines:
<loader readonly='yes' type='pflash' format='raw'>/usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi-tpm.fd</loader> <nvram format='raw'>/etc/libvirt/qemu/nvram/384971b7-7248-55e4-dd68-caa71cda114f_VARS-pure-efi-tpm.fd</nvram>So it defaulted to BIOS and now it always works
