Failed Upgrade from 2.7.2 to 2.8.1 on APU1
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I did a clean install of 2.7.2 on an old APU1 from Netgate (from way back when) which went fine. I then logged into the GUI and immediately updated to 2.8.1 but it won't get passed this portion of the boot:
netgate0: <Netgate APU> netgate0: version: 0.1 vtvga0: <VT VGA driver> smbios0: <System Management BIOS> at iomem 0xf2b00-0xf2b1e smbios0: Version: 2.7 acpi0: <CORE COREBOOT> acpi0: Power Button (fixed) cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x71 irq 8 on acpi0 atrtc0: registered as a time-of-day clock, resolution 1.000000s Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0 attimer0: <AT timer> port 0x40-0x43 irq 0 on acpi0 Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100 apei0: <ACPI Platform Error Interface> on acpi0 hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0 Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 950 Event timer "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 550 Event timer "HPET1" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 450 Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900 acpi_timer0: <32-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0 pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0 pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 4.0 on pci0 pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1 re0: <RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E/F/G PCIe Gigabit Ethernet> port 0x1000-0x10ff mem 0xf7a00000-0xf7a00fff,0xf7900000-0xf7903fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 re0: Using 1 MSI-X message re0: ASPM disabled re0: Chip rev. 0x2c000000 re0: MAC rev. 0x00200000 miibus0: <MII bus> on re0 rgephy0: <RTL8169S/8110S/8211 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 1 on miibus0 rgephy0: none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-master, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow re0: Using defaults for TSO: 65518/35/2048 re0: Ethernet address: 00:0d:b9:3e:cf:54 re0: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/256, RX 1/256 pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 17 at device 5.0 on pci0 pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2 re1: <RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E/F/G PCIe Gigabit Ethernet> port 0x2000-0x20ff mem 0xf7c00000-0xf7c00fff,0xf7b00000-0xf7b03fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci2 re1: Using 1 MSI-X message re1: ASPM disabled re1: Chip rev. 0x2c000000 re1: MAC rev. 0x00200000 miibus1: <MII bus> on re1 rgephy1: <RTL8169S/8110S/8211 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 1 on miibus1 rgephy1: none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-master, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow re1: Using defaults for TSO: 65518/35/2048 re1: Ethernet address: 00:0d:b9:3e:cf:55 re1: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/256, RX 1/256 pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 18 at device 6.0 on pci0 pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3 re2: <RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E/F/G PCIe Gigabit Ethernet> port 0x3000-0x30ff mem 0xf7e00000-0xf7e00fff,0xf7d00000-0xf7d03fff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci3 re2: Using 1 MSI-X message re2: ASPM disabled re2: Chip rev. 0x2c000000 re2: MAC rev. 0x00200000 miibus2: <MII bus> on re2 rgephy2: <RTL8169S/8110S/8211 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 1 on miibus2 rgephy2: none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-master, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow re2: Using defaults for TSO: 65518/35/2048 re2: Ethernet address: 00:0d:b9:3e:cf:56 re2: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/256, RX 1/256 ahci0: <AMD SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 AHCI SATA controller> port 0x4010-0x4017,0x4020-0x4023,0x4018-0x401f,0x4024-0x4027,0x4000-0x400f mem 0xf7f08000-0xf7f083ff irq 19 at device 17.0 on pci0 ahci0: AHCI v1.20 with 6 6Gbps ports, Port Multiplier supported ahci0: quirks=0x22000<ATI_PMP_BUG,1MSI> ahcich0: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci0 ahcich1: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci0 ahcich2: <AHCI channel> at channel 2 on ahci0 ahcich3: <AHCI channel> at channel 3 on ahci0 ahcich4: <AHCI channel> at channel 4 on ahci0 ahcich5: <AHCI channel> at channel 5 on ahci0 ohci0: <AMD SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB controller> mem 0xf7f04000-0xf7f04fff irq 18 at device 18.0 on pci0 usbus0 on ohci0 usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0 ehci0: <AMD SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xf7f08400-0xf7f084ff irq 17 at device 18.2 on pci0 usbus1: EHCI version 1.0 usbus1 on ehci0 usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0 ohci1: <AMD SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB controller> mem 0xf7f05000-0xf7f05fff irq 18 at device 19.0 on pci0 usbus2 on ohci1 usbus2: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0 ehci1: <AMD SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xf7f08500-0xf7f085ff irq 17 at device 19.2 on pci0 usbus3: EHCI version 1.0 usbus3 on ehci1 usbus3: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0 isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 20.3 on pci0 isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 20.4 on pci0 pci4: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4 ohci2: <AMD SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB controller> mem 0xf7f06000-0xf7f06fff irq 18 at device 20.5 on pci0 usbus4 on ohci2 usbus4: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0 pcib5: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 21.0 on pci0 pci5: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib5 ohci3: <AMD SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB controller> mem 0xf7f07000-0xf7f07fff at device 22.0 on pci0 usbus5 on ohci3 usbus5: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0 ehci2: <AMD SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xf7f08600-0xf7f086ff at device 22.2 on pci0 usbus6: EHCI version 1.0 usbus6 on ehci2 usbus6: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0 acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0 orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xee800-0xeffff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0 Timecounter "TSC" frequency 999999611 Hz quality 800 Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec ugen0.1: <ATI OHCI root HUB> at usbus0 ugen6.1: <ATI EHCI root HUB> at usbus6 uhub0 on usbus0 uhub1 on usbus6 uhub0: <ATI OHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0 uhub1: <ATI EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus6 ugen3.1: <ATI EHCI root HUB> at usbus3 ugen5.1: <ATI OHCI root HUB> at usbus5 uhub2 on usbus3 uhub2: <ATI EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus3 uhub3 on usbus5 uhub3: <ATI OHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus5 ugen1.1: <ATI EHCI root HUB> at usbus1 ugen4.1: <ATI OHCI root HUB> at usbus4 uhub4 on usbus1 uhub4: <ATI EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus1 uhub5 on usbus4 uhub5: <ATI OHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus4 ugen2.1: <ATI OHCI root HUB> at usbus2 uhub6 on usbus2 uhub6: <ATI OHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus2 uhub5: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered ZFS filesystem version: 5 ZFS storage pool version: features support (5000) uhub3: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered uhub0: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered uhub6: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered Trying to mount root from zfs:pfSense/ROOT/default []... uhub2: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered uhub4: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered ugen6.2: <Generic Flash Card Reader/Writer> at usbus6 umass0 on uhub1 umass0: <Generic Flash Card Reader/Writer, class 0/0, rev 2.01/1.00, addr 2> on usbus6 Root mount waiting for: CAM Root mount waiting for: CAM Root mount waiting for: CAM Root mount waiting for: CAM Root mount waiting for: CAM Root mount waiting for: CAM Root mount waiting for: CAM Root mount waiting for: CAM Root mount waiting for: CAM ada0 at ahcich0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0 ada0: <KINGSTON SUV500MS120G 003056RI> ACS-4 ATA SATA 3.x device ada0: Serial Number 50026B7782C959D0 ada0: 600.000MB/s transfers (SATA 3.x, UDMA6, PIO 512bytes) ada0: Command Queueing enabled ada0: 114473MB (234441648 512 byte sectors) da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus6 target 0 lun 0 da0: <Multiple Card Reader 1.00> Removable Direct Access SPC-2 SCSI device da0: Serial Number 058F63666485 da0: 40.000MB/s transfers da0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present da0: quirks=0x2<NO_6_BYTE> Dual Console: Serial Primary, Video SecondaryIt doesn't move beyond this point. How do I proceed? GUI also doesn't load.
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It's this: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/2-8-0.html#legacy-serial-console
It should still boot fully you just don't see it at the console. But you can fix it by adding the loader value as show here.
You can also set that one time at the loader prompt to get past it like:
OK set hint.uart.0.at="isa"Then edit the /boot/loader.cobf.local file once you're connected again.
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