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Title: Cannot console upgrade to 26.1
Post by: Monju0525 on January 31, 2026, 01:21:25 PM
Putty ssh, login as root, menu select 12, 26.1 nothing happens. Also how do get out of the displayed info?  Ctrl-z and ctrl-c do not work.
Title: Re: Cannot console upgrade to 26.1
Post by: Patrick M. Hausen on January 31, 2026, 01:22:37 PM
8 for shell?
Title: Re: Cannot console upgrade to 26.1
Post by: Monju0525 on January 31, 2026, 01:35:33 PM
Quote from: Patrick M. Hausen on Today at 01:22:37 PM8 for shell?
When I do 8 for shell, I get a command prompt and there is no 12 for console update.



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5) Power off system                  12) Update from console
  6) Reboot system                      13) Restore a backup

Enter an option: 12

Fetching change log information, please wait... done

This will automatically fetch all available updates and apply them.

A major firmware upgrade is available for this installation: 26.1

Make sure you have read the release notes and migration guide before
attempting this upgrade.  Approx. 1000MB will need to be downloaded and
require 2000MB of free space to unpack.  Continue with this major upgrade
by typing the major upgrade version number displayed above.

Minor updates may be available, answer 'y' to run them instead.

Proceed with this action? [26.1/y/N]: 26.1
Title: Re: Cannot console upgrade to 26.1
Post by: patient0 on January 31, 2026, 01:47:23 PM
Quote from: Monju0525 on Today at 01:21:25 PMPutty ssh, login as root, menu select 12, 26.1 nothing happens...
From what version are you upgrading? And after you enter '26.1' (not 'y') did you see some changelog text?
Title: Re: Cannot console upgrade to 26.1
Post by: Monju0525 on January 31, 2026, 01:51:18 PM
Quote from: patient0 on Today at 01:47:23 PM
Quote from: Monju0525 on Today at 01:21:25 PMPutty ssh, login as root, menu select 12, 26.1 nothing happens...
From what version are you upgrading? And after you enter '26.1' (not 'y') did you see some changelog text?

#1
Versions
OPNsense 25.7.11_9-amd64
FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7
OpenSSL 3.0.18

#2
Yes
See below


Proceed with this action? [26.1/y/N]: 26.1

Hi there,

For over 11 years now, OPNsense is driving innovation through
modularising and hardening the open source firewall, with simple
and reliable firmware upgrades, multi-language support, fast adoption
of upstream software updates, modern IPv6 support, as well as clear
and stable 2-Clause BSD licensing.

26.1, nicknamed "Witty Woodpecker", features almost a full firewall
MVC/API experience as automation rules have been promoted to the new
rules GUI, Suricata version 8 with inline inspection mode using "divert",
assorted IPv6 reliability and feature improvements, router advertisements
MVC/API, full code shell command escaping revamp, default IPv6
mode now using Dnsmsaq for client connectivity, Unbound blocklist source
selection, an automatic host discovery service, plus much more.

etc,etc,etc

Title: Re: Cannot console upgrade to 26.1
Post by: patient0 on January 31, 2026, 02:06:26 PM
Quote from: Monju0525 on Today at 01:51:18 PM#1
Versions
OPNsense 25.7.11_9-amd64
FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7
OpenSSL 3.0.18

#2
Yes
See below


Proceed with this action? [26.1/y/N]: 26.1

Hi there,

For over 11 years now, OPNsense is driving innovation through
...
etc,etc,etc
Mmmh that looks good, what key are you pressing at the end of the text, 'q'?
Title: Re: Cannot console upgrade to 26.1
Post by: Monju0525 on January 31, 2026, 02:31:35 PM
Quote from: patient0 on Today at 02:06:26 PM
Quote from: Monju0525 on Today at 01:51:18 PM#1
Versions
OPNsense 25.7.11_9-amd64
FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7
OpenSSL 3.0.18

#2
Yes
See below


Proceed with this action? [26.1/y/N]: 26.1

Hi there,

For over 11 years now, OPNsense is driving innovation through
...
etc,etc,etc
Mmmh that looks good, what key are you pressing at the end of the text, 'q'?

I was selecting enter. When the ':' I enter 'q'. An it is now installing.
Thank u very much!

===
Download links, an installation guide[1] and the checksums for the images
can be found below as well.

Fetching packages-26.1-amd64.tar: ...

Title: Re: Cannot console upgrade to 26.1
Post by: Monju0525 on January 31, 2026, 03:37:01 PM
Quote from: Monju0525 on Today at 02:31:35 PM
Quote from: patient0 on Today at 02:06:26 PM
Quote from: Monju0525 on Today at 01:51:18 PM#1
Versions
OPNsense 25.7.11_9-amd64
FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7
OpenSSL 3.0.18

#2
Yes
See below


Proceed with this action? [26.1/y/N]: 26.1

Hi there,

For over 11 years now, OPNsense is driving innovation through
...
etc,etc,etc
Mmmh that looks good, what key are you pressing at the end of the text, 'q'?

I was selecting enter. When the ':' I enter 'q'. An it is now installing.
Thank u very much!

===
Download links, an installation guide[1] and the checksums for the images
can be found below as well.

Fetching packages-26.1-amd64.tar: ...




Update: via console took about an hour to upgrade to 26.1_4 and the vpn + other packages worked