On 5/6/14, 10:24 AM, Jeremy Porter wrote: > >> I've posted in a separate thread about issues with upgrading, even with >> a 4 GB card. This is an on Alix 2d13 with 256 Mbytes of RAM. >> >> Both from the GUI and the serial console, it appears that the new image >> successfully downloads and installs into the second partition, but the >> second partition won't boot. >> >> The boot method _might_ be an issue. When flashing CF cards in the past, >> I've followed the instructions here about changing from packet to >> nopacket boot methods: >> >> https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/NanoBSD_on_WRAP#Booting_NanoBSD_on_WRAP >> >> But that's on WRAP, and 2d13 isn't a WRAP board, so I don't know for >> sure why the upgrade isn't booting. >> >> dn >> >> _______________________________________________ >> > > The CF images should have the correct settings set for CF card. However > the upgrade process takes > a fair amount of ram. The best bet is to disable any extra services > during the upgrade. > The RAM size issue is different than the CF card size issue. The RAM > size issue, is simply running out of available memory to run the upgrade > process and boot up. > The 512CF card issue, is that the pfsense image is around 190MBs, times > two plus a 50MB configuration partition. There isn't enough room to > unpack the image and do the upgrades. > > In either case, you can backup your configuration, to your local server, > then re-flash the CF card, then restore your configuration. > > If the upgrade fails its helpful to look at the upgrade log file, to see > why it failed. Usually it fails due to pointing to an invalid URL and > failing to validate, or package errors.
Thanks, that makes sense. I had tried disabling all services except dns forwarding, and still no go. Bottom line: For reasons of scarce disk or RAM or both, PC Engines Alix machines running pfSense probably need to be upgraded manually. dn _______________________________________________ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
