Update from 11.2-U4.1 -> U5 Broken

[Ellimist]

Hi Folks,

Quick question. Has anyone had issues going from 4.1 to U5? When I click the update button it just sits there for a long time and I can see a bunch of execute stuff but it appears stuck. Its at installing base OS and 62.5%. I tried it last night and deleted the boot environment to try again as I got an unexpected not clean restart when it eventually responded.

I haven't stopped the UI for the update just yet I have just left it running. I suspect it will fail again.

Cheers,

 

[ThreeDee]

installed without a hitch here

 

[Ellimist]

yeah all good. I just grabbed 2 more USB keys and did a rebuild then restore. I love the ease with which I can do that with Freenas. Not sure what was breaking the update but a full rebuild works just fine.

 

[Herman Eggink]

Also having trouble. Manifest not found in the error message asking me to check the network adapter which is fine. Doing a manual upgrade now.

 

[Ellimist]

Yeah I thought mine might be network related as well as I got a few bonded adapters and a stand alone one and when it comes it it checks all the LACP ones first for an address on first boot until you configure it.

 

[Herman Eggink]

I get a timeout on update-master.ixsystems.com. I cannot ping it from any system on my network (including my router). As if that system is down.

 

[Herman Eggink]

update-master.ixsystems.com is back up now.

 

[pschatz100]

I think USB flash drives are becoming increasingly unreliable as boot devices for newer versions of FreeNAS. It seems that failures often occur when performing updates, and the results can be unpredictable. I migrated to booting off SSD about a year ago, and it is much more pleasant experience.

You can search the forums for comments about booting from USB flash.

 

[ThreeDee]

I think USB flash drives are becoming increasingly unreliable as boot devices for newer versions of FreeNAS. It seems that failures often occur when performing updates, and the results can be unpredictable. I migrated to booting off SSD about a year ago, and it is much more pleasant experience.

You can search the forums for comments about booting from USB flash.

I switched but was out of SATA ports so tried a SATA to USB to plug in my 128GB SSD .. and it's been flawless

 

[djoole]

I have the same problem here.
Blocked at 62.5% on new UI
Blocked at 100%/25% installing base-os on Legacy UI

Could someone help me to get past it?

 

[pschatz100]

I switched but was out of SATA ports so tried a SATA to USB to plug in my 128GB SSD .. and it's been flawless

Good to know that can work. Are you using a SATA to USB connector that has the extra USB plug for power? I remember those from the USB2 external SSD's.

 

[pschatz100]

I have the same problem here.
Blocked at 62.5% on new UI
Blocked at 100%/25% installing base-os on Legacy UI

Could someone help me to get past it?

Would help to have details of your system. Are you installing to a USB Flash drive? If so, try another Flash drive or an SSD.

 

[ThreeDee]

Good to know that can work. Are you using a SATA to USB connector that has the extra USB plug for power? I remember those from the USB2 external SSD's.

no external power .. just what the USB port provides

 

[djoole]

Would help to have details of your system. Are you installing to a USB Flash drive? If so, try another Flash drive or an SSD.

The system is installed on a SD Card.
Is it necessary to try another card? I’ve never had any update problem on this card so far.

I have exactly the same blocking than OP at 62.5%
If I really need to change the card (need to buy one) does it mean I have to reinstall Freenas from scratch and restore my settings?

Please tell me that it’s possible to investigate the problem (logs???) before trying to reinstall from scratch.

 

[TimvH]

I'm also stuck at installing the base-os, manual update has the same problem.

Code:

root@freenas[~]# tail -f /var/log.20190703163044/middlewared.log
[2019/07/03 14:46:23] (DEBUG) freenasOS.Update.PruneClones():402 - No pruning necessary
[2019/07/03 14:46:23] (DEBUG) freenasOS.Update.RunCommand():254 - RunCommand(/usr/local/sbin/beadm, ['create', '11.2-U5'])
[2019/07/03 14:46:23] (DEBUG) freenasOS.Update.modified_call():105 - Created successfully
[2019/07/03 14:46:23] (DEBUG) freenasOS.Update.RunCommand():254 - RunCommand(/usr/local/sbin/beadm, ['mount', '11.2-U5', '/tmp/tmp_d2qs9es'])
[2019/07/03 14:46:24] (DEBUG) freenasOS.Update.modified_call():105 - Mounted successfully on '/tmp/tmp_d2qs9es'
[2019/07/03 14:46:24] (DEBUG) freenasOS.Update.RunCommand():254 - RunCommand(/sbin/mount, ['-t', 'devfs', 'devfs', '/tmp/tmp_d2qs9es/dev'])
[2019/07/03 14:46:24] (DEBUG) freenasOS.Update.RunCommand():254 - RunCommand(/sbin/mount, ['-t', 'tmpfs', 'tmpfs', '/tmp/tmp_d2qs9es/var/tmp'])
[2019/07/03 14:46:24] (DEBUG) freenasOS.Installer.InstallPackages():1083 - Installing package {'base-os': <_io.BufferedReader name='/var/db/system/update/base-os-11.2-U5-cf038946dd481bee1b4c552c9cdc0b7c.tgz'>}
[2019/07/03 14:46:24] (DEBUG) freenasOS.Installer.install_file():711 - base-os-11.2-U5-cf038946dd481bee1b4c552c9cdc0b7c
[2019/07/03 14:46:24] (DEBUG) freenasOS.Installer.install_file():745 - upgrade_aware = True

And somehow my system doesn't want to boot a usb flash drive with the 11.2U5 installer(not corrupted since it boots on my laptop). It does work with U4.1 however...