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Regression #14305

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Boot loader is not updated during upgrade from pfSense CE 2.6 to 2.7

Added by Steve Gladden over 1 year ago. Updated over 1 year ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
Upgrade
Target version:
2.7.0
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
Release Notes:
Force Exclusion
Affected Version:
2.7.0
Affected Architecture:

Description

Trying to upgrade to 2.7dev from 2.6 results in a failed boot.
Appears to be kernel or driver related as hitting 6 and choosing the boot the old kernel from 2.6 works.
I discovered this more recently as the upgrades used to work fine back in January.
This no longer works with newer more recent DEV snapshots.
I'm sorry I don't know exactly when it stopped working, first noticed three weeks ago.
Tried on different hardware including Hyper-V VM and same problem.
Easy to recreate:
Install 2.6.0 fresh on any system,
Go to system\update
Switch branch to DEVEL version
Update to Latest Base System
update will work but fails to boot.
Boot screen is peppered with "funny" characters mixed with text.
Hangs forever at line that begins with the word masks. (see photos)
capslock not responsive
ctrl-alt-del no response.

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1b.jpg (266 KB) 1b.jpg Steve Gladden, 04/24/2023 09:54 AM
3b.jpg (310 KB) 3b.jpg Steve Gladden, 04/24/2023 09:54 AM
console.png (19.4 KB) console.png Marcos M, 04/24/2023 10:49 AM
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 #1

Updated by Marcos M over 1 year ago

Reproduced on Windows 11 Hyper-V after upgrading a fresh Gen2 ZFS install of 2.6.

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 #2

Updated by Steve Wheeler over 1 year ago

  • Tracker changed from Bug to Regression
  • Target version set to 2.7.0

This appears to be a UEFI issue. Everything legacy I have tested upgraded OK but UEFI systems hang at the frame buffer.

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 #3

Updated by Marcos M over 1 year ago

Further testing:
  • Issue occurs when updating from CE 2.6 to 2.7 (tested 2.7.0.a.20230424.0600) using Gen2/UEFI.
  • No issue occurs when updating a Gen2/UEFI install of 2.7.0.a.20230215.0600 to 2.7.0.a.20230424.0600.
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 #4

Updated by Marcos M over 1 year ago

  • Subject changed from Upgrade from 2.6.0 to 2.7DEVEL no longer works to Boot loader is not updated during upgrade from pfSense CE 2.6 to 2.7
  • Affected Architecture deleted (amd64)
To work around the issue:
  1. After the first reboot when it fails to boot, use option 6 to boot with kernel.old
  2. Let it finish the upgrade - it will reboot once more; use option 6 again
  3. Once booted, go into the shell and mount the efi partition: mount_msdosfs /dev/da0p1 /mnt (find the right partition with gpart list | egrep 'Name:|label:'
  4. Replace the old loader: mv /boot/loader_lua.efi /mnt/efi/boot/BOOTx64.efi
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Updated by Marcos M over 1 year ago

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved
  • Release Notes changed from Default to Force Exclusion

Retesting this from 2.6 to 2.7.0.a.20230510.0600, the issue no longer occurs.

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