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Archive => 19.7 Legacy Series => Topic started by: janne on September 09, 2019, 09:58:28 pm

Title: Update from 16.7 to 19.7
Post by: janne on September 09, 2019, 09:58:28 pm

Hi.Tried to update two older devices but failed .....
Now they have locked themselves and I will not go any further than it looks in the picture.
However I try it is not possible to install 19.7
What to do? :-\

Title: Re: Update from 16.7 to 19.7
Post by: janne on September 09, 2019, 11:04:59 pm

Hi.I am in desperate need of getting these units up and running as soon as possible.
Very grateful for help how to do.

Title: Re: Update from 16.7 to 19.7
Post by: janne on September 10, 2019, 12:08:23 am

Another picture.

Title: Re: Update from 16.7 to 19.7
Post by: Alphabet Soup on September 10, 2019, 01:48:45 am

From this post https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=9678 (https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=9678), titled "16.1 and 16.7 update sets have been removed", I think you cannot upgrade a 16.7 system via the internal upgrade mechanisms.

As for the hanging during cpdup, my own anecdote:  zero out the beginning and end of the disk (to wipe out any GPT stuff) and partition as MBR.  That worked for my appliance, but may have nothing to do with your situation.

My only other thought is to maybe try a fresh 19.1, 18.7, or 18.1 install.  If you can get one of those working, then upgrade to 19.7 from that.

Title: Re: Update from 16.7 to 19.7
Post by: tong2x on September 10, 2019, 02:08:45 am

wow 16.7?

it should be quicker to setup from scratch
and most likely be safer

Title: Re: Update from 16.7 to 19.7
Post by: franco on September 10, 2019, 04:29:50 pm

I can't see which hardware you're using. Repositories not updating would point to a connectivity issue.

17.1 and 17.7 will follow moving to the eternal trash bin soon enough. ;)


Cheers,
Franco

Title: Re: Update from 16.7 to 19.7
Post by: Zaneo on September 10, 2019, 04:41:46 pm

With regards to the stuck systems, I experienced a very long install time on 19.7 that I thought was hung. I left it overnight, and it installed successfully.

Title: Re: Update from 16.7 to 19.7
Post by: janne on September 13, 2019, 09:05:55 am

Hi.
Thanks for the tips.
I discovered that I was incredibly wrong with 3 different USB drives.
Everything worked ok with installation from the ground up with USB stick no.4.
Thanks again but the error was mine but I have never been involved with such a bug on USB.I got no error message when I installed img on USB but the firewall couldn't read them, it just locked.
 :) ;)