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Okay update...

I panicked more than the kernel  :-[

Running on a repurposed HP Elite 8000 Circa 2007 C2Duo 3Ghz 8GB Ram 120GB SSD 4x1GbE plus onboard nic.
Migrated from pfSense and been running smooth butter for a couple years updating without any issues at all!
So originally the update from 24.7 to 24.7.2 hosed my system completely and I never had a bare-metal backup.

I had been downloading the config file before each update thinking a roll-back would be simple in a catastrophe.  ;D
But when I couldn't get the thing to boot without the panic crash - i had no way in.
Downloaded the latest 24.7 from the website and thought okay a quick re-install and apply the config i backed up.
Loads of errors ofc because the pluggins weren't reinstalled yet - start again lol

Eventually made a couple of panicky comments here and in the wrong threads and got rightfully roasted so my apologies to doktornotor and franco who after i read more of the spaghetti have clearly made HUGE efforts to help and it did - thank you!!

My solution so far has been to use the download from the website of latest vga version [i did download francos version posted here but didn't need it]
I shelled into the cli on the console and did the opnsense-update -zkr 24.7.2
Went back to the gui when it rebooted and did the full update - voila!!

Thanks chaps

[added:]  - for anyone else -

After i did the updates -
i re-installed the acme [no config] -
i then installed zenarmor [run initial config with defaults]
THEN - I restored of the backup configs i had done religiously and it restored EVRYTHING back to normal including all the SSL certificates and zenarmor configs

AMAZING - I love this product!!!

Do we have a fix yet

Helps to read the thread... Start here and follow up with the next post.

Sorry bro - these forums are like a bowl of spaghetti

Hi Robert,

I hope not. It looks like a fringe kernel issue with the OP's hardware (AGP slot in particular) that doesn't surface on FreeBSD because ZPOOL_IMPORT_PATH wasn't bootstrapped ever since FreeBSD changed ZFS implementations in version 13 so this will likely remain to go unnoticed.

We do have a debug kernel, but it requires the system to boot up first. If we can manage to get a core dump we can probably apply a bandaid and report to FreeBSD.

That being said I see no reason to revoke the ZPOOL_IMPORT_PATH. All hell would have broken loose already if it was a major problem. But even then I still don't think an environment variable should crash a user system ever.


Cheers,
Franco

Based on this - it's time to move away from the product - 100% experienced the same issue and to think it wont be fixed.....

Same issue here with Old HP Elite 8000 SFF desktop recommissioned as an awesome firewall until 24.7.2

I have been doing regular updates for a a couple of years with no problem.

Exact same problems - whole thing crashes upgrading 24.7.1 to 24.7.2

So annoying - I saved the config - but it needs a re-install of all the plugins etc etc and now a right royal pita

Do we have a fix yet

ofc sorry new thread made

Please help
I just can't figure this out
The latest update for 24.7 is crashing in the rebooting sequence - haven't changed the config apart from updates for about a year as it's been solid as a rock until yesterday when I updated the 24.7 from 23 July that was running to the latest - it reboots and dies half way through the reboot with a kernel panic??!!
I have repeated this over and over and it defo the latest update because i even downloaded the latest release and it works fine until you do any updates.
Thanks in advance

Sorry for post found problem is here:
https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=42373.0

Please help
I just can't figure this out
The latest update for 24.7 is crashing in the rebooting sequence - haven't changed the config apart from updates for about a year as it's been solid as a rock until yesterday when I updated the 24.7 from 23 July that was running to the latest - it reboots and dies half way through the reboot with a kernel panic??!!
I have repeated this over and over and it defo the latest update because i even downloaded the latest release and it works fine until you do any updates.
Thanks in advance

Thank you Thank you - I followed the link and it worked!!!
I downloaded physdiskwrite from:
https://m0n0.ch/wall/physdiskwrite.php
Extracted the .exe and ran CMD as administrator

C:\Users\Admin\Downloads>physdiskwrite.exe -u OPNsense-23.1-OpenSSL-vga-amd64.img

physdiskwrite v0.5.3 by Manuel Kasper <mk@neon1.net>

Searching for physical drives...

Information for \\.\PhysicalDrive0:
   Windows:       cyl: 62260
                  tpc: 255
                  spt: 63

Information for \\.\PhysicalDrive1:
   Windows:       cyl: 121601
                  tpc: 255
                  spt: 63
   C/H/S:         16383/16/63
   Model:         MB001000GWFWK
   Serial number: WMC6M0J3JN7P
   Firmware rev.: HPG4

Information for \\.\PhysicalDrive2:
   Windows:       cyl: 121601
                  tpc: 255
                  spt: 63
   C/H/S:         16383/16/63
   Model:         WDC WD10EZEX-00WN4A0
   Serial number:      WD-WCC6Y7SKT460
   Firmware rev.: 01.01A01

Information for \\.\PhysicalDrive3:
   Windows:       cyl: 60801
                  tpc: 255
                  spt: 63
   C/H/S:         16383/16/63
   Model:         WDC WDS500G1B0A-00H9H0
   Serial number: 173361420181
   Firmware rev.: X41110WD

Information for \\.\PhysicalDrive4:
   Windows:       cyl: 7480
                  tpc: 255
                  spt: 63

Which disk do you want to write? (0..4) 4
WARNING: that disk is larger than 2 GB! Make sure you're not accidentally
overwriting your primary hard disk! Proceeding on your own risk...
About to overwrite the contents of disk 4 with new data. Proceed? (y/n) y
1888759296/1888759296 bytes written in total

C:\Users\Admin\Downloads>

Thanks for the help.  I have tried burning all the images. The issue is that the GPT/MBR option (i use rufus btw) is not changeable when trying to write - the x64 is set for GPT as it says - the DVD-ISO wont burn says incorrect image type - not sure how to use the serial version - that actualy burned okay onto the USB with MBR but the PC hungs at boot.

Hi,

I wanted to install this on HP Elite8000 C2D.
This BIOS only suppot MBR and wont boot using GPT from the USB

Any suggestion please?