Upgrade to 26.03 failed, then reboot also failed !?

jhag

@patient0 thank you for your quick answer.
Yes, F12 is responding (if I hit it rapidly). Here is what I see:

Press F12 for boot menu.

Select boot device:

1. USB MSC Drive Generic Ultra HS-COMBO 1.98
2. iPXE (PCI 00:14.0)
3. iPXE (PCI 00:14.1)
4. iPXE (PCI 00:14.2)
5. iPXE (PCI 00:14.3)
6. Payload [setup]

Booting order was the default one.
Seems to me that internal storage has failed ...

patient0

@jhag searching the forum for 'sg4860', the first entry seem to be the eMMC[1], access via USB bus[2]. What do you see if you manually select 1. to boot from?

You'll be able to install a mSATA if you're up for it:

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/sg-4860/msata-installation.html#

[1]https://forum.netgate.com/post/1027749
[2]https://forum.netgate.com/post/1028401 (later in the same thread)

jhag

@jhag searching the forum for 'sg4860', the first entry seem to be the eMMC[1], access via USB bus[2]. What do you see if you manually select 1. to boot from?

Same freezing behavior.

You'll be able to install a mSATA if you're up for it:

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/sg-4860/msata-installation.html#

Why not, I could give a try.
But how can I get get the installation package for this old appliance ?
The $0 installer image seems to be available only for recent one.

patient0

@jhag the 4860 is a standard x86-64 computer with a coreboot bios. You will be able to use the standard am64 iso/img.

stephenw10

Yup the Net Installer memstick image works on the 4860.

patient0

@stephenw10 ah, sure not iso, makes sense.

stephenw10

The ISO may work in an external optical drive. I've never tested that!

jhag

I have prepared a USB stick with an installation package and tried it: I successfully reinstalled pfSense 25.11.1.
Then I restored original configuration, and SG-4860 is ready to use.

So, there was no hardware problem?

I will retry the upgrade to 26.03.01 and keep you updated.
Thanks a lot for your help!

stephenw10

If it allowed you to reinstall it certainly wasn't a storage issue at least.

jhag

FYI the 2nd upgrade attempt to 26.03.1 was successful.