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English Forums => 26.1, 26,4 Series => Topic started by: senseOPN on May 03, 2026, 10:24:16 PM

Title: [SOLVED] Update to latest free version resulted in hanging system! Please advice!
Post by: senseOPN on May 03, 2026, 10:24:16 PM
I did sadly not create a new snapshot or downloaded the latest configuration, yet I clicked on Update in the Lobby.

I noticed that the downloads were very slow, but finally the system did get down (with it's sound).
But I did not come up again.

I attached monitor and keyboard and saw this (actual photo attached):

I tried to find something in the boot menu, but it just boots to fast for me to even read it.

Any idea what I could do now?
Title: Re: Update to latest free version resulted in hanging system! Please advice!
Post by: notspam on May 03, 2026, 10:45:21 PM
- From which version you start the update process ?
- Which hardware is used ?
- There is only USB keyboard and vga or hdmi connected to the device and the ethernet lan port ?
- ......
- you try single mode boot?

Title: Re: Update to latest free version resulted in hanging system! Please advice!
Post by: Patrick M. Hausen on May 03, 2026, 10:52:18 PM
- power cycle with keyboard and monitor attached
- abort the boot process and escape to the boot loader prompt
- disable the loading of the microcode update

This should get you going with a search engine, possibly AI, or search function of this forum - I don't have the time to research the details of each step just right now, sorry.

HTH,
Patrick
Title: Re: Update to latest free version resulted in hanging system! Please advice!
Post by: senseOPN on May 03, 2026, 11:04:50 PM
Quote from: Patrick M. Hausen on May 03, 2026, 10:52:18 PM- power cycle with keyboard and monitor attached
- abort the boot process and escape to the boot loader prompt
- disable the loading of the microcode update

This should get you going with a search engine, possibly AI, or search function of this forum - I don't have the time to research the details of each step just right now, sorry.

HTH,
Patrick


OK, thanks already!

I managed to select another snapshot and could boot it, create a new copy from it and then retry the update - the same happened again!
So indeed, something is wrong for my PROTECTLY firewall.

I will seek out disabling the microcode update but at least am running from an older snapshot again!

Title: Re: Update to latest free version resulted in hanging system! Please advice!
Post by: Patrick M. Hausen on May 03, 2026, 11:19:00 PM
Boot the older version, uninstall the os-microcode plugin, redo the update.
Title: Re: Update to latest free version resulted in hanging system! Please advice!
Post by: senseOPN on May 03, 2026, 11:41:21 PM
Quote from: Patrick M. Hausen on May 03, 2026, 11:19:00 PMBoot the older version, uninstall the os-microcode plugin, redo the update.

That did it, great many thanks!

I also compared /conf/backup from the older snapshot and the original (now bad) snapshot, and as it seems there was no new config - I did not loose any changes, luckily!