I should note that in addition to the symptoms I mentioned earlier
that followed the 2.2.0 upgrade, there were several messages like this
on the console:
cannot get uid for user 'root'
...and similar. Unfortunately I don't have the full context of those logs.
Thank you-
Erik
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 8:23 PM, Erik Anderson wrote:
> I just attempted a self-upgrade from 2.1.5-RELEASE to 2.2.0-RELEASE on
> a Soekris 6501-50. Storage is a 64GB Sandisk SSD with the full install
> on it (not NanoBSD).
>
> After the upgrade, the router rebooted as expected and then came
> *partially* back up, as in the interfaces were configured and it would
> NAT/route packets, but none of the daemons were started correctly
> (DHCP, DNS Forwarder, SSH, etc.). Even the web configurator was
> throwing 500 errors.
>
> After attaching to the serial console, I noticed php-fpm errors, which
> would explain the web configurator issues, but not the rest of the
> daemons failure to start.
>
> Next, I decided to do a fresh 2.2 install, so I downloaded the serial
> memstick image, burned it to a usb drive and booted off of it. I ran
> the installation wizard, which appeared to go just fine (no errors).
> Then rebooted, only to find out that the BIOS doesn't recognize the
> internal SSD as a bootable drive. As such, it's just stuck in a reboot
> cycle.
>
> As a last resort, I downloaded the 2.1.5 memstick serial image, burned
> that to a USB drive and ran *that* installer, which proceeded
> normally. I rebooted, just as I did with the 2.2 installer, and this
> time it actually booted as expected, and I was able to successfully
> restore my config backup.
>
> So, I'm back up and running, which is good, but my question is: where
> to go from here? There appears to be some sort of an issue with the
> 2.2 memstick installer, perhaps not installing the bootloader
> correctly, or not setting the "active" flag on the partition? I'm just
> throwing out possibilities here - I really have no idea why 2.2 failed
> to install correctly.
>
> I'd appreciate any insight on:
> 1) What might have caused the 2.2 installation failures
> 2) How I might proceed with a successful upgrade from 2.1.5 to 2.2.0
>
> Thank you!
> -Erik Anderson
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