[pfSense Support] Testing 2.0 - What is the upgrade and downgrade process for Daily snapshots?
Hi Everyone, Just loaded a nanobsd image of pfSense 2.0 onto a CF card for Alix board. I have only used v1.2.3 in the past and I never used the internet to upgrade it. In fact, I am under the impression that v1.2.3 is the latest and there are no upgrades to it. I am wondering if there is a nice and easy way of upgrading 2.0 to the new daily snapshots or to downgrade a day or two back? Thanks,
RE: [pfSense Support] Testing 2.0 - What is the upgrade and downgrade process for Daily snapshots?
Hi Everyone, Just loaded a nanobsd image of pfSense 2.0 onto a CF card for Alix board. I have only used v1.2.3 in the past and I never used the internet to upgrade it. In fact, I am under the impression that v1.2.3 is the latest and there are no upgrades to it. I am wondering if there is a nice and easy way of upgrading 2.0 to the new daily snapshots or to downgrade a day or two back? Thanks, When you flash an image appropriate to the size of the CF you are using, there are two partitions that are flashed (slices). When you upgrade, it upgrades the slice you aren't using with the new version, and if that doesn't work, you can use the gui to boot off of the old slice. Very nice and easy. Dimitri
Re: [pfSense Support] Testing 2.0 - What is the upgrade and downgrade process for Daily snapshots?
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Dimitri Rodis dimit...@integritasystems.com wrote: if that doesn’t work, you can use the gui to boot off of the old slice. Very nice and easy. Or if it /really/ doesn't work you can use the initial boot menu to choose the other slice at boot time. You will see something like this: 1 pfsense 2 pfsense 1 Whichever number automatically appears at the prompt is the one you were running (if you're just rebooting), or the one you just upgraded to, if you're rebooting after an upgrade. You'll want to change that value before the automatic boot if that slice is giving you problems. db - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
Re: [pfSense Support] Testing 2.0 - What is the upgrade and downgrade process for Daily snapshots?
So, if I am on: 1 pfsense and do an upgrade, does the upgrade apply to 1 pfsense or 2 pfsense ? Also, rather using the Console Cable each time, can I change settings somewhere to boot from a specific partition? something like Grub equivalent of Redhat in FreeBSD? Thanks On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 3:43 PM, David Burgess apt@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Dimitri Rodis dimit...@integritasystems.com wrote: if that doesn’t work, you can use the gui to boot off of the old slice. Very nice and easy. Or if it /really/ doesn't work you can use the initial boot menu to choose the other slice at boot time. You will see something like this: 1 pfsense 2 pfsense 1 Whichever number automatically appears at the prompt is the one you were running (if you're just rebooting), or the one you just upgraded to, if you're rebooting after an upgrade. You'll want to change that value before the automatic boot if that slice is giving you problems. db - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
Re: [pfSense Support] Testing 2.0 - What is the upgrade and downgrade process for Daily snapshots?
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com wrote: So, if I am on: 1 pfsense and do an upgrade, does the upgrade apply to 1 pfsense or 2 pfsense ? If you booted from 1 then upgraded, it will overwrite the 2 slice. Also, rather using the Console Cable each time, can I change settings somewhere to boot from a specific partition? something like Grub equivalent of Redhat in FreeBSD? Normally only two things will cause the default boot slice to change, a firmware upgrade or user intervention. Besides changing it on the console at boot time, you may also go to Diagnostics: nanoBSD in the webUI to change it. There is a CLI utility to change it as well, but I don't know why a person would want to mess with it. db - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
Re: [pfSense Support] Testing 2.0 - What is the upgrade and downgrade process for Daily snapshots?
Thanks. All clear now. But how is the upgrade process? What is the command to upgrade? or is it Console access and then chose upgrade? -Bruce On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 3:53 PM, David Burgess apt@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com wrote: So, if I am on: 1 pfsense and do an upgrade, does the upgrade apply to 1 pfsense or 2 pfsense ? If you booted from 1 then upgraded, it will overwrite the 2 slice. Also, rather using the Console Cable each time, can I change settings somewhere to boot from a specific partition? something like Grub equivalent of Redhat in FreeBSD? Normally only two things will cause the default boot slice to change, a firmware upgrade or user intervention. Besides changing it on the console at boot time, you may also go to Diagnostics: nanoBSD in the webUI to change it. There is a CLI utility to change it as well, but I don't know why a person would want to mess with it. db - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
