Update or Fresh install of 25.07 causes HP ProLiant DL20 Gen9 to Reboot after PFSense Menu
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In a UFS install you can choose to boot the previous kernel but it will still be in the new updated filesystem. So you would expect to see some things non-funtional.
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@stephenw10 Understood, and as the HP had a RAID controller built in, I am sure I stayed with UFS. Actually it might have been loaded before ZFS became the default.
I was trying to get to the .1 update you mentioned before, but booting the old kernel seems to prevent that, and of course booting the current kernel results in a boot failure, so makes it a fail..
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Yeah the benefit of snapshot boot environments in ZFS is significant. I usually recommend using ZFS against the drives directly if it's possible these days.
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Can we assume these boxes still boot fine if you boot in legacy mode?
As far as I know this is a UEFI loader problem.
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@stephenw10 You know, I am not sure. I will take the CE load I have, kill it, and load it as BIOS instead of UEFI, just UEFI is the default..
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Well I took and reloaded the DL360 G9 server, and walked through the upgrades. I set it to BIOS mode vs UEFI, and was able to go all the way to 2.8.1 beta and it booted and ran fine. So guessing the assumption this is a UEFI issue is correct.
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@stephenw10 The million dollar question is, should load modern servers in BIOS or UEFI mode? I assumed now days UEFI was an improvement and the preferred method, but maybe not..
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I would like to know that too
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It should work in UEFI mode and everything vaguely modern should be using that. But that confirms it's the same issue we're looking at and not something new.
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@stephenw10 Sounds like at the moment, if you use an HP server in UEFI mode, don't update to the new release, or it's going to break.
I use a lot of HPE servers, so happy to test any possible fixes if desired. I will not update any more of my HP based PFsense installs til a fix is found..
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version 25.07.01 does not work on HP systems either. crashes after boot menu
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https://jumpshare.com/s/wIn5syv1KFQ0VrLvrSdX
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@WB3FFV I tried to update to 25.07.01, and it once again fails to boot
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Yup, that looks like the same issue. Try booting legacy to confirm.
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@stephenw10 I did update a system to the current version having loaded it as BIOS, and it was fine. Are you asking to take a UEFI loaded system, and just changing it from UEFI to BIOS and see what happens?
I didn't think I could just jump from one to the other. For sure this seems to affect all HPE systems that support UEFI..
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@WB3FFV I didn't try to adjust the BIOS; perhaps I will try this next. I've never had to change the BIOS in the past.
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pfSense can usually boot both unless it was installed a while ago (years). It should be pretty obvious if there's nothing bootable in legacy mode.
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@stephenw10 I had to run out of two for a couple days to help someone, so I am happy to try when I return, or maybe one of the other HP owners on here will give it a whirl..
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@WB3FFV I tried the new version, I had to reload from scratch, even the backup didn't work
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@WB3FFV said in Update or Fresh install of 25.07 causes HP ProLiant DL20 Gen9 to Reboot after PFSense Menu:
@stephenw10 The million dollar question is, should load modern servers in BIOS or UEFI mode? I assumed now days UEFI was an improvement and the preferred method, but maybe not..
There is no million dollar answer.
Recently I run into issues due to a bug in freebsd that would only affect NON uefi installs. Using uefi, all worked fine. It was fixed later on.
Now it seems you are facing the opposite.Apart from that, uefi is probably the only way to go, longterm.
