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    Upgrading from 2.7.2 tot 2.8.1 breaks

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      vicking
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      Hi all,

      I wanted to try my PC Engines APU6B4 with pfsense so made a clean install with 2.7.2 and all was good.

      After that configured my wan connection and rebooted and still everything was working fine, also my connection from that point.

      With a working connection and clean install at this point I went upgrading to 2.8.1 but unfortunately after trying it two times my device won’t boot anymore after the upgrade.
      From the web interface everything is going fine, downloading, installing, etc. Until the last step when the upgrade is complete and the device is going to reboot it will never come back up again.

      I connected the serial cable to have a look and I got messages like;

      Can't find /boot/zfsloader

      Can't find /boot/loader

      Can't find /boot/kernel/kernel

      Any ideas?
      I tried the process with a clean 2.7.2 install twice!

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        patient0 @vicking
        last edited by

        @vicking can you post the complete output, starting with the boot menu?

        Did you install on ZFS or UFS?

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          vicking @patient0
          last edited by

          @patient0 I will do later, not at the device right now.
          It was a ZFS installation on a 16gb msata SSD.

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            vicking @patient0
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            @patient0 this is the output:

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