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    Alix2d3 - can't upgrade from 2.1_RC0 to RC1

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.1 Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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      louis-m
      last edited by

      ok. did that and it comes back with:

      8211168+0 records in
      8211168+0 records out
      4204118016 bytes transferred in 2223.790851 secs (1890519 bytes/sec)

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        kejianshi
        last edited by

        The really great thing about this little flash drives is they are so cheap that when one crashes you can toss it and replace it with no great financial burden.

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          wallabybob
          last edited by

          @louis-m:

          ok. did that and it comes back with:

          If there were no errors reported on the console or in the system log the flash card is probably ok and I would guess you were probably hit by a file system error which is now lost because the slice was overwritten.

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            louis-m
            last edited by

            Does that mean I can duplicate the good slice I'm currently on to the one that didn't boot before and then try another upgrade?

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              doktornotor Banned
              last edited by

              Try and see for yourself? Otherwise, don't get me wrong, but a new CF card costs $16.

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                kejianshi
                last edited by

                $16 is really abit pricey…

                On E-Bay you can get them for anywhere between $(We will actually pay you to take our stuff) - $6

                Apparently, somewhere in China there is a factory where the workers actually must pay for the honour of making CF cards to give away....

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                  doktornotor Banned
                  last edited by

                  @kejianshi:

                  $16 is really abit pricey…

                  I'd rather get the "abit pricey" original CF card which is tested to work with the board, notably with UDMA-100, rather that getting random fake crap from eBay. Not really worth saving the price of 1-2 Big Macs.

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                    kejianshi
                    last edited by

                    Ummmm.  Burgers.  OK.  $16

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                      louis-m
                      last edited by

                      an industrial grade 4gb cf card ain't that cheap.

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                        kejianshi
                        last edited by

                        "Industrial Grade" isn't a spec, although sellers like you to think it is.

                        I would look at actual specs like MTTF, read rate, write rate, number of rewrite cycles it will endure, operating temp etc and go by things like that.
                        You might come out cheaper and just as reliable.

                        I've never ever, not even once had a flash media actually fail me EXCEPT when I didn't realize the problem with running journaling file systems on a NAND media and so crashed 2 with frequent writes.  I also quickly learned that once you have screwed a flash drive, toss it.  You can't trust it any more.

                        I'd buy a new one.

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                          louis-m
                          last edited by

                          And here is the error I get when duplicating the slice:

                          Warning: file_put_contents(/tmp/pfsense1/etc/fstab): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc on line 2132

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                            doktornotor Banned
                            last edited by

                            Well… then you clearly cannot duplicate the slice. Time to move on, don't you think?

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                            • jimpJ
                              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                              last edited by

                              There is likely more to the errors farther inside of the upgrade log.

                              try to upgrade again, then go to Diag > NanoBSD and view the full upgrade log, and post it.

                              You'll also see errors like that when your CF is perfectly good but it was imaged with an "-upgrade" .img initially rather than an actual full NanoBSD .img file.

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                                edmund
                                last edited by

                                Have you tried removing all the packages from the installation?  I assume that the V2 release is much larger than the older V1 release because I've found that AVAHI will not build under 2.0 and the traffic shaper crashes under 2.0.  If 2.1 doesn't fix these issues then it's probably time to toss the nano version.

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                                  louis-m
                                  last edited by

                                  it's a bit long but here is the upgrade log:

                                  NanoBSD Firmware upgrade in progress…

                                  Installing /root/latest.tgz.
                                  SLICE         2
                                  OLDSLICE      1
                                  TOFLASH       ad0s2
                                  COMPLETE_PATH ad0s2a
                                  GLABEL_SLICE  pfsense1
                                  Wed Aug  7 07:07:18 BST 2013

                                  total 8
                                  dr-xr-xr-x   8 root  wheel         512B Aug  4 21:57 .
                                  drwxr-xr-x  24 root  wheel         512B Aug  4 21:58 ..
                                  crw-r-----   1 root  operator    0,  56 Aug  4 21:57 ad0
                                  crw-r-----   1 root  operator    0,  57 Aug  4 21:57 ad0s1
                                  crw-r-----   1 root  operator    0,  60 Aug  4 21:57 ad0s1a
                                  crw-r-----   1 root  operator    0,  58 Aug  6 17:31 ad0s2
                                  crw-r-----   1 root  operator    0,  78 Aug  6 17:31 ad0s2a
                                  crw-r-----   1 root  operator    0,  59 Aug  4 21:57 ad0s3
                                  crw-------   1 root  operator    0,  28 Aug  4 21:57 ata
                                  crw-------   1 root  wheel       0,  11 Aug  7 07:07 bpf
                                  lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel           3B Aug  4 21:57 bpf0 -> bpf
                                  crw-------   1 root  tty         0,   4 Aug  7 07:07 console
                                  crw-rw-rw-   1 root  wheel       0,  44 Aug  4 21:57 crypto
                                  crw-rw-rw-   1 root  wheel       0,  10 Aug  4 21:57 ctty
                                  crw-rw----   1 uucp  dialer      0,  35 Aug  4 21:57 cuau0
                                  crw-rw----   1 uucp  dialer      0,  36 Aug  4 21:57 cuau0.init
                                  crw-rw----   1 uucp  dialer      0,  37 Aug  4 21:57 cuau0.lock
                                  crw-rw----   1 uucp  dialer      0,  41 Aug  4 21:57 cuau1
                                  crw-rw----   1 uucp  dialer      0,  42 Aug  4 21:57 cuau1.init
                                  crw-rw----   1 uucp  dialer      0,  43 Aug  4 21:57 cuau1.lock
                                  crw-------   1 root  wheel       0,   5 Aug  4 21:57 devctl
                                  cr--------   1 root  wheel       0,  54 Aug  4 21:57 devstat
                                  dr-xr-xr-x   2 root  wheel         512B Aug  4 21:57 fd
                                  crw-------   1 root  wheel       0,  13 Aug  4 21:57 fido
                                  crw-r-----   1 root  operator    0,   3 Aug  4 21:57 geom.ctl
                                  crw-------   1 root  wheel       0,  23 Aug  4 21:57 io
                                  crw-------   1 root  wheel       0,   8 Aug  4 21:57 klog
                                  crw-r-----   1 root  kmem        0,  15 Aug  4 21:57 kmem
                                  dr-xr-xr-x   2 root  wheel         512B Aug  4 21:57 led
                                  crw-r-----   1 root  operator    0,  62 Aug  4 21:58 md0
                                  crw-r-----   1 root  operator    0,  64 Aug  4 21:58 md1
                                  crw-------   1 root  wheel       0,  47 Aug  4 21:57 mdctl
                                  crw-r-----   1 root  kmem        0,  14 Aug  4 21:57 mem
                                  crw-------   1 root  kmem        0,  16 Aug  4 21:57 nfslock
                                  crw-rw-rw-   1 root  wheel       0,  25 Aug  7 07:07 null
                                  crw-r--r--   1 root  wheel       0,  27 Aug  4 21:57 pci
                                  crw-rw----   1 root  proxy       0,  45 Aug  4 21:57 pf
                                  crw-rw-rw-   1 root  wheel       0,   9 Aug  4 21:57 ptmx
                                  dr-xr-xr-x   2 root  wheel         512B Aug  4 22:31 pts
                                  crw-rw-rw-   1 root  wheel       0,   6 Aug  4 21:57 random
                                  crw-------   1 root  wheel       0,  24 Aug  4 21:57 speaker
                                  lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel           4B Aug  4 21:57 stderr -> fd/2
                                  lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel           4B Aug  4 21:57 stdin -> fd/0
                                  lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel           4B Aug  4 21:57 stdout -> fd/1
                                  crw-------   1 root  wheel       0,  32 Aug  4 21:57 ttyu0
                                  crw-------   1 root  wheel       0,  33 Aug  4 21:57 ttyu0.init
                                  crw-------   1 root  wheel       0,  34 Aug  4 21:57 ttyu0.lock
                                  crw-------   1 root  wheel       0,  38 Aug  4 21:57 ttyu1
                                  crw-------   1 root  wheel       0,  39 Aug  4 21:57 ttyu1.init
                                  crw-------   1 root  wheel       0,  40 Aug  4 21:57 ttyu1.lock
                                  crw-------   1 uucp  dialer      0,  72 Aug  4 21:58 tun1
                                  dr-xr-xr-x   2 root  wheel         512B Aug  4 21:57 ufs
                                  dr-xr-xr-x   2 root  wheel         512B Aug  4 21:57 ufsid
                                  lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel           9B Aug  4 21:57 ugen0.1 -> usb/0.1.0
                                  lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel           9B Aug  4 21:57 ugen1.1 -> usb/1.1.0
                                  lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel           6B Aug  4 21:57 urandom -> random
                                  dr-xr-xr-x   2 root  wheel         512B Aug  4 21:57 usb
                                  crw-r--r--   1 root  operator    0,  46 Aug  4 21:57 usbctl
                                  crw-------   1 root  operator    0,  55 Aug  4 21:57 xpt0
                                  crw-rw-rw-   1 root  wheel       0,  26 Aug  4 21:57 zero

                                  -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel    78M Aug  7 07:05 /root/latest.tgz

                                  MD5 (/root/latest.tgz) = 9697bd6338477034e2fbb8ad53e5ee33

                                  /dev/ufs/pfsense1 on / (ufs, local, noatime, synchronous)
                                  devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
                                  /dev/ufs/cf on /cf (ufs, local, noatime, synchronous)
                                  /dev/md0 on /tmp (ufs, local)
                                  /dev/md1 on /var (ufs, local)
                                  devfs on /var/dhcpd/dev (devfs, local)

                                  last pid: 23896;  load averages:  1.43,  0.61,  0.29  up 2+09:09:25    07:07:23
                                  50 processes:  1 running, 49 sleeping

                                  Mem: 77M Active, 76M Inact, 61M Wired, 3072K Cache, 33M Buf, 13M Free
                                  Swap:

                                  PID USERNAME      THR PRI NICE   SIZE    RES STATE    TIME   WCPU COMMAND
                                  68586 root            1  76   20  3644K  1312K wait     1:51  0.00% sh
                                  40230 root            1  64   20  3264K  1220K select   1:18  0.00% apinger
                                  99879 nobody          1  44    0  5512K  2412K select   0:46  0.00% dnsmasq
                                  64552 zabbix          1  64   20  4532K  1676K nanslp   0:43  0.00% zabbix_agentd
                                  2041 root            1  76    0 35808K 24784K accept   0:26  0.00% php
                                  7528 dhcpd           1  44    0 11456K  7672K select   0:23  0.00% dhcpd
                                  27023 root            1  64   20  6280K  6300K select   0:21  0.00% ntpd
                                   295 root            1  76   20  3352K  1124K kqread   0:21  0.00% check_reload_status
                                  94442 root            1  44    0  9028K  6204K kqread   0:16  0.00% lighttpd
                                  92451 root            1  64   20  7156K  5876K select   0:07  0.00% bsnmpd
                                  22827 root            1  44    0  5868K  1920K bpf      0:06  0.00% tcpdump
                                  2353 root            1  64    0 35808K 24664K accept   0:05  0.00% php
                                  9531 root            1  44    0  7880K  2944K select   0:05  0.00% mpd5
                                   771 root            1  64   20  5808K  2280K kqread   0:04  0.00% master
                                  49622 root            1  76   20  3356K  1316K nanslp   0:03  0.00% cron
                                  66845 root            1  64   20  5432K  3112K select   0:03  0.00% openvpn
                                  5502 root            1  64   20  3412K  1404K select   0:03  0.00% syslogd
                                  8075 root            1  44    0  3264K  1764K kqread   0:03  0.00% dhcpleases

                                  NanoBSD upgrade starting

                                  dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad0s2 bs=1m count=1
                                  1+0 records in
                                  1+0 records out
                                  1048576 bytes transferred in 0.204044 secs (5138967 bytes/sec)

                                  /usr/bin/gzip -dc /root/latest.tgz | /bin/dd of=/dev/ad0s2 obs=64k
                                  3844449+0 records in
                                  30034+1 records out
                                  1968357888 bytes transferred in 355.340421 secs (5539358 bytes/sec)
                                  After upgrade fdisk/bsdlabel

                                  /sbin/fsck_ufs -y /dev/ad0s2a
                                  ** /dev/ad0s2a
                                  ** Last Mounted on /tmp/builder/_.mnt
                                  ** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
                                  ** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames
                                  ** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity
                                  ** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts
                                  ** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups
                                  6322 files, 334070 used, 3445958 free (670 frags, 430661 blocks, 0.0% fragmentation)

                                  ***** FILE SYSTEM IS CLEAN *****

                                  /sbin/tunefs -L pfsense1 /dev/ad0s2a
                                  Checking for post_upgrade_command...

                                  File list:
                                  /tmp/pfsense1
                                  /tmp/pfsense1/.snap

                                  YADA….. YADA..... no errors in the files

                                  Misc log:
                                  fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found
                                  bsdlabel: /dev/ad0s3: no valid label found
                                  bsdlabel: /dev/ad0s3: no valid label found
                                  mount: /dev/ufs/pfsense1 : Device busy
                                  cp: /tmp/pfsense1/etc/fstab: No such file or directory
                                  sed: /tmp/pfsense1/etc/fstab: No such file or directory
                                  umount: /tmp/pfsense1: not a file system root directory

                                  fdisk/bsdlabel log:

                                  Before upgrade fdisk/bsdlabel
                                  ******* Working on device /dev/ad0 *******
                                  parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are:
                                  cylinders=8146 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008 blks/cyl)

                                  Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1
                                  parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are:
                                  cylinders=8146 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008 blks/cyl)

                                  Media sector size is 512
                                  Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1
                                  Information from DOS bootblock is:
                                  The data for partition 1 is:
                                  sysid 165 (0xa5),(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)
                                     start 63, size 3861585 (1885 Meg), flag 80 (active)
                                  beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 1;
                                  end: cyl 758/ head 15/ sector 63
                                  The data for partition 2 is:
                                  sysid 165 (0xa5),(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)
                                     start 3861711, size 3861585 (1885 Meg), flag 0
                                  beg: cyl 759/ head 1/ sector 1;
                                  end: cyl 493/ head 15/ sector 63
                                  The data for partition 3 is:
                                  sysid 165 (0xa5),(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)
                                     start 7723296, size 102816 (50 Meg), flag 0
                                  beg: cyl 494/ head 0/ sector 1;
                                  end: cyl 595/ head 15/ sector 63
                                  The data for partition 4 is:
                                  <unused># /dev/ad0s1:
                                  type: unknown
                                  disk: amnesiac
                                  label:
                                  flags:
                                  bytes/sector: 512
                                  sectors/track: 63
                                  tracks/cylinder: 16
                                  sectors/cylinder: 1008
                                  cylinders: 3813
                                  sectors/unit: 3844449
                                  rpm: 3600
                                  interleave: 1
                                  trackskew: 0
                                  cylinderskew: 0
                                  headswitch: 0 # milliseconds
                                  track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds
                                  drivedata: 0

                                  8 partitions:

                                  size     offset    fstype   [fsize bsize bps/cpg]

                                  a:    3844433         16    unused        0     0  
                                   c:    3844449          0    unused        0     0     # "raw" part, don't edit

                                  /dev/ad0s2:

                                  type: unknown
                                  disk: amnesiac
                                  label:
                                  flags:
                                  bytes/sector: 512
                                  sectors/track: 63
                                  tracks/cylinder: 16
                                  sectors/cylinder: 1008
                                  cylinders: 3813
                                  sectors/unit: 3844449
                                  rpm: 3600
                                  interleave: 1
                                  trackskew: 0
                                  cylinderskew: 0
                                  headswitch: 0 # milliseconds
                                  track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds
                                  drivedata: 0

                                  8 partitions:

                                  size     offset    fstype   [fsize bsize bps/cpg]

                                  a:    3844433         16    unused        0     0  
                                   c:    3844449          0    unused        0     0     # "raw" part, don't edit
                                  –-------------------------------------------------------------

                                  Any idea's on that error? Strange that the disk is saying it's ok and then coming up with invalid disk partition....</unused>

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                                    wallabybob
                                    last edited by

                                    @louis-m:

                                    Any idea's on that error? Strange that the disk is saying it's ok and then coming up with invalid disk partition….

                                    First some names: The Master Boot Record (MBR) allows for 4 partitions. FreeBSD calls these slices. Each slice that specifies it is a FreeBSD slice then has a BSD label and FreeBSD partitions. A device name such as /dev/ad0s2a indicates FreeBSD partition "a" within FreeBSD slice 2 on ATA disk ad0.

                                    Your log indicates slice 1 and 2 are OK, but slice doesn't appear to have a valid BSD label.

                                    If I recall correctly nanoBSD should have 3 slices: one of which is used for configuration information so that information can be easily shared by the other two slices.

                                    @louis-m:

                                    fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found
                                    bsdlabel: /dev/ad0s3: no valid label found
                                    bsdlabel: /dev/ad0s3: no valid label found
                                    mount: /dev/ufs/pfsense1 : Device busy
                                    cp: /tmp/pfsense1/etc/fstab: No such file or directory
                                    sed: /tmp/pfsense1/etc/fstab: No such file or directory
                                    umount: /tmp/pfsense1: not a file system root directory

                                    Note the problem is reported on slice 3 which is not reported in the disklabel log.

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                                      louis-m
                                      last edited by

                                      Do you know how to fix this? Is it an edit in the shell?

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                                        doktornotor Banned
                                        last edited by

                                        @louis-m:

                                        Do you know how to fix this? Is it an edit in the shell?

                                        Uh. Rewrite the image to the card, restore configuration backup? (Note: I definitely am not convinced the card is OK, frankly I'd just dump it.)

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                                          Klaws
                                          last edited by

                                          fsck is not a sure-fire way to detect CF card errors (well, the same is true for SSDs and traditional HDs).

                                          Had a suddenly appearing, strange issue with port forwarding once. Replaced the CF card. Issue solved.

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                                          • jimpJ
                                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                            last edited by

                                            Some of those "invalid" type errors are fine and expected during an upgrade.

                                            The "busy" one is what catches my eye. That means something already has that slice mounted or open and is trying to work on it when it shouldn't.

                                            Have you rebooted the ALIX between upgrade attempts?

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