Failed Upgrade from 2.7.2 to 2.8.1 on APU1

[Stewart]

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 Secondary

It doesn't move beyond this point. How do I proceed? GUI also doesn't load.

[stephenw10]

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.