<![CDATA[Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update.]]>It does not work at all on a soekris 6501-70. I did a clean install and none of the interfaces work, they all loose their setups after a reboot.
Upgrading didn't work either. Same/similar problem.

Going back to 2.0.3

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/60403/thanks-for-the-utterly-broken-2-1-updateRSS for NodeSat, 16 May 2026 14:49:14 GMTMon, 16 Sep 2013 11:47:20 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Wed, 18 Sep 2013 09:54:16 GMT]]>Which firebox? How much RAM?
Key to this seems to be the backing up of RRD files in combination with the update/reinstalling packages. If you have either a lot of interfaces or a lot of data you may run out of space. How far back does your RRD data go?

http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,66571.msg364374.html#msg364374

Steve

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418770https://forum.netgate.com/post/418770Wed, 18 Sep 2013 09:54:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Wed, 18 Sep 2013 05:12:16 GMT]]>So I had the same problem as the OP. Here is some more information. Sorry I don't have more–I had to get it up and running and I didn't have a whole lot of time to troubleshoot, but here is what happened:

I have a Firebox that is booting from a 2GB CF card that was originally flashed with a 2.0.1 image. I performed an update through the GUI. It went successfully (supposedly). When I rebooted, the box would not respond on the network. I attached a serial cable and found that all 3 of my interfaces were not showing their IPs. I tried setting my LAN interface using the serial console--and it showed up, but it still would not respond on the network. So, I used the menu option to "restore an earlier configuration" figuring that maybe the config got botched somehow during the upgrade. After the reboot, no dice--same thing--none of the interfaces showed their IP addresses. I then rebooted it from the previous slice, and 2.0.1 booted up perfectly with my config working. So, I ran the update to 2.1 again, and got the exact same results--the interfaces had no IPs on them. So, I then used the console to reset everything to defaults, and set the config from scratch on 2.1 and it worked just fine.

The config on that box was NOT complicated--had 1 firewall rule, a WAN interface set to DHCP, and two LAN interfaces bridged eith DHCP server running on the LAN side.

Hopefully that gives someone an idea of what could be happening.

I do have other boxes like this to upgrade--if someone wants me to collect more information, just tell me what you want me to collect so that if it happens again I will collect the information and then proceed to get my box working!

Dimitri Rodis
Integrita Systems LLC
http://www.integritasystems.com

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418697https://forum.netgate.com/post/418697Wed, 18 Sep 2013 05:12:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:38:24 GMT]]>Well the update never worked. As mentioned above. Failed multiple times.
But fresh installs did work.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418658https://forum.netgate.com/post/418658Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:38:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:36:15 GMT]]>So, now that all is right with your pfsense the moderators can rename this thread "Thanks for the utterly awesome 2.1 update."?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418657https://forum.netgate.com/post/418657Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:36:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:30:27 GMT]]>The cases + half of the interior came with the building i'm renting :) All the cabling into the office space was already in place too. Luckily… Saved us a ton of money.
I just had to fill the gaps with switches and stuff to make it work!

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418655https://forum.netgate.com/post/418655Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:30:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:21:12 GMT]]>Supermule - I assume you are laughing with me…  not at me...  Hmmmmm???  ::)

The other day my 17 year old boy asked me "Daddy - What is that big thing on the front of your car?"  I said "Thats called a bumper".

Yeah...  I'm nostalgic you might say.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418637https://forum.netgate.com/post/418637Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:21:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:03:30 GMT]]>Cute installation there.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418629https://forum.netgate.com/post/418629Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:03:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:01:22 GMT]]>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418628https://forum.netgate.com/post/418628Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:01:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Tue, 17 Sep 2013 19:54:01 GMT]]>It looks considerably more neat than my table-o-network down in the basement  ;D

Mine is old 65w dual core dell with a motley collection of Intel NICs, a 19inch CRT (with a tube) from before my kids were born and a keyboard from the 90s that just keeps going…  Looks like steampunk pfsense...

Switches are all pretty new stuff - I couldn't find any 90s looking gigabit managed switches to match  :P

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418623https://forum.netgate.com/post/418623Tue, 17 Sep 2013 19:54:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Tue, 17 Sep 2013 19:28:36 GMT]]>Today I "fixed" the other soekris with the Memstick version which went without a hitch. yay!
Both are now running pfSense 2.1.

As mentioned earlier; Neither was upgradable from 2.0.3 using the 4G nanoBSD variant. Still not sure why.
However, with the tips/ideas given here I think both systems now run faster than before. So it's not all bad. Just a day wasted on fixing stuff  :-\

See attached image if you're curious where your help went :)

patchkast.jpg
patchkast.jpg_thumb

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418614https://forum.netgate.com/post/418614Tue, 17 Sep 2013 19:28:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Tue, 17 Sep 2013 03:19:35 GMT]]>I just wanted to note that the embedded kernel is mainly intended for running on devices that can't run the regular kernel because of lack of VGA, etc.  It does not change anything about how pfSense writes to disk, where it writes to disk, or how often it writes to disk.  Some people have the mistaken notion that selecting the embedded kernel changes those aspects somehow, but it does not.  The partition layout and configuration of the internal scripts are what do that, which the kernel selection does not change.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418277https://forum.netgate.com/post/418277Tue, 17 Sep 2013 03:19:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Mon, 16 Sep 2013 23:29:07 GMT]]>Live would do it…

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418216https://forum.netgate.com/post/418216Mon, 16 Sep 2013 23:29:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Mon, 16 Sep 2013 23:27:59 GMT]]>It could not, or at least I've never seen or heard of it and can't think how it could!
Completely missing config file, not just interface re-assign, is usually either corrupt storage somehow or mistakenly running live.

Steve

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418214https://forum.netgate.com/post/418214Mon, 16 Sep 2013 23:27:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Mon, 16 Sep 2013 23:02:07 GMT]]>Sounds like his settings were being saved in RAM not Disk.  Not sure how that would happen though.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418205https://forum.netgate.com/post/418205Mon, 16 Sep 2013 23:02:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Mon, 16 Sep 2013 22:52:54 GMT]]>Hmm, strange. Unless you really need the space, and I suggest you don't, then I would recommend you use the 2GB image on 4GB cards. The actual size of most 4GB cards is often less than 4GB, sometimes substantially. It's possible the config slice is corrupt because it not getting completely written to the card. If 2.0.3 worked though that shouldn't be an issue.  :-\

Steve

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418201https://forum.netgate.com/post/418201Mon, 16 Sep 2013 22:52:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Mon, 16 Sep 2013 22:37:51 GMT]]>I've tried to upgrade my other soekris which also failed… Guess I need to re-install it with the memstick thing too, tomorrow...
Which seems to work.

When I dd in a copy of the NanoBSD variant the config keeps getting erased after a reboot. Somethings not right with the 4G image I think. But I can't really confirm.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418197https://forum.netgate.com/post/418197Mon, 16 Sep 2013 22:37:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:28:27 GMT]]>Since you've not come back I hope it turned out OK. Sorry your upgrade experience wasn't the smooth transition everyone hopes for.  :)

Steve

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418145https://forum.netgate.com/post/418145Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:28:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:41:55 GMT]]>I've used the memstick serial to a USB stick of 4GB - Booted the Soekris, installed per default using the full 250GB disk in the Soekris (instead of nanoBSDs 4GB partition).
Then selected "Embedded kernel" near the end and it seems to work so far. Trying to set up interfaces and stuff now. I just finished installing 5 minutes ago.

So far so good…

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418093https://forum.netgate.com/post/418093Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:41:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:54:31 GMT]]>When I did this before (Transplanting a HDD) It worked right away because I went from having an EM0 and EM1 to a totally different box that still had an EM0 and EM1. Just dumb luck.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418065https://forum.netgate.com/post/418065Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:54:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:40:18 GMT]]>Yes, exactly. I'm not sure quite what you get by selecting the embedded kernel, it used to be no packages but that isn't the case now, everything seems available - more than nano even. I have used this process for HD install on a firebox X-core-e but it's more difficult in that box. The process is described for an older box, and older pfSense, here:
https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Soekris_4801_Hard_Drive_Installation

Some stuff in that document no longer applies; you can choose the standard install and select serial console later, you don't need to do any VLAN stuff because you only need one interface to get up and running.

When you tarnsfer back the HD and boot the box it will dump you at the assign interfaces dialogue because the NICs will (probably) be different in the Soekris box to the laptop.

Steve

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418052https://forum.netgate.com/post/418052Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:40:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:30:36 GMT]]>"Alternatively you can remove the HD and install pfSense to it in another machine from the CD. Once you have it installed and running you can enable a serial console in the webgui so that you have console access when you transfer it back to the soekris box."

So you end up with a full install and a working console?  Correct?  I like this plan for a 250GB WD HDD.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418039https://forum.netgate.com/post/418039Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:30:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:24:16 GMT]]>The memstick serial image is to write onto a usb stick. Then you boot from the USB stick, all the output is on the serial console, and install to the HD just like the CD. If you select the embedded kernel during the install you will then have a serial console by default when you then boot from the HD.

Alternatively you can remove the HD and install pfSense to it in another machine from the CD. Once you have it installed and running you can enable a serial console in the webgui so that you have console access when you transfer it back to the soekris box.

Steve

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418032https://forum.netgate.com/post/418032Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:24:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:08:34 GMT]]>I see, i'll poke around a bit more and try to find out what's what.

Thanks for your answers and advise.

I've noticed there are a lot of people having trouble with 2.1, I hope it gets resolved soon :)
I think I'm gonna dust off my old soekris (4801) to test out the differences between the various images.

If I don't forget I'll post my findings in a thread somewhere on the forums here.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418018https://forum.netgate.com/post/418018Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:08:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thanks for the utterly broken 2.1 update. on Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:50:06 GMT]]>Well - I think the nano versions are for particular sized CF cards so I'd think memstick is more flexible that way.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/418011https://forum.netgate.com/post/418011Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:50:06 GMT