GUI upgrade: am I doing something wrong?

[Harmless Drudge]

I tried to perform an upgrade from v9.2.1.2 to v9.2.1.3: Using a Windows 7 Pro PC running Firefox, to connect to an HP N54L microserver I

• downloaded the file: 64 bit upgrade (FreeNAS-9.2.1.3-RELEASE-x64.GUI_Upgrade.txz)
• confirmed the SHA256 hash (99C839EA26695FA84674AA6285B1ED03F41E37D1C5D274C1612B5CF40F4DD7D4)
• went to System, Settings, Advanced, selected Firmware Update
• downloaded the current configuration
• uploaded the .tzx file (above)
• entered the hash value (above; which is correct)

The result is "error invalid firmware, wrong checksum".

 

[Jason Hamilton]

I ran into the same exact problem as you. When I finally did get an upgrade to take it would error during the upgrade and ended up killing the NAS so I had to rebuild the thumb drive. I would recommend doing a backup of your config and then rebuild your USB and restore from your backup. Longest part is waiting for the USB to rebuild.

 

[SweetAndLow]

read the release notes: http://download.freenas.org/9.2.1.2/RELEASE/README

 

[Harmless Drudge]

Thanks. I read the release notes for 9.2.1.2 and was not aware they'd been updated, and that the software was updated, with no version number update. I've never come across such a thing. Even a 9.2.1.2a would have prompted one to look at what had changed :(

I'll apply the fix but am wondering if I should give 9.2.1.3 a miss.

I'm used to Ubuntu's Long Term Support release philosophy and that's what I'd like to see in FreeNAS, and it seems the opposite of what is happening now.