Dirty upgrade 386.7 to 386.7_2 does not work on my AX86U.
Router runs fine with 386.7, and FW upgrade process looks OK when started from GUI, but after “upload”, GUI shows only “please wait, applying action” forever. Router appears to go through normal upgrade process, reboots, LEDs all off then on OK, but when I restart GUI or ssh it shows still at 386.7. Upgrade did not happen.
I am running entware, swap file, scripts, and Ups Nut tools. USB flash drive for entware and swap. This is the primary node of a 2 node AIMesh, other node is AC86U and 386.7_2 flashed on that router no problem. Been running Asus and Merlin for quite a while, using GUI and ssh, amtm, entware.
I have tried to flash many times, different browsers, different PCs, checked Sha, redownloaded, “safely removed” USB, reboot before, after, etc, but result is same: all is well, but FW is still 386.7, no change. Read and followed other suggested procedures from this forum, no luck.
Only unusual thing I see in syslog is rc_service stop_upgrade. Does this mean current code is aborting the upgrade? If so, why? I see no indication of the cause, but I may be missing it.
Code:
Jul 27 15:22:50 dnsmasq-dhcp[10350]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.1.38 00:05:cd:21:7f:de AVR-FR
Jul 27 15:22:51 wlceventd: wlceventd_proc_event(469): eth7: Deauth_ind 18:74:2E:89:6F:40, status: 0, reason: Deauthenticated because sending station is leaving (or has left) IBSS or ESS (3)
Jul 27 15:22:51 hostapd: eth7: STA 18:74:2e:89:6f:40 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Jul 27 15:23:00 uiDivStats: Entware not found, sleeping for 10s (attempt 7 of 10)
Jul 27 15:23:00 spdMerlin: Entware not found, sleeping for 10s (attempt 7 of 10)
Jul 27 15:23:06 wlceventd: wlceventd_proc_event(505): eth6: Auth 18:74:2E:89:6F:40, status: Successful (0)
Jul 27 15:23:06 hostapd: eth6: STA 18:74:2e:89:6f:40 IEEE 802.11: associated
Jul 27 15:23:06 wlceventd: wlceventd_proc_event(534): eth6: Assoc 18:74:2E:89:6F:40, status: Successful (0)
Jul 27 15:23:06 hostapd: eth6: STA 18:74:2e:89:6f:40 RADIUS: starting accounting session 857BB63FD5E828A4
Jul 27 15:23:06 hostapd: eth6: STA 18:74:2e:89:6f:40 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Jul 27 15:23:06 dnsmasq-dhcp[10350]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 192.168.1.134 18:74:2e:89:6f:40
Jul 27 15:23:06 dnsmasq-dhcp[10350]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.1.134 18:74:2e:89:6f:40 amazon-a18b871b6
Jul 27 15:23:09 dnsmasq-dhcp[10350]: SLAAC-CONFIRM(br0) 2600:6c64:507f:db3b:1a74:2eff:fe89:6f40 amazon-a18b871b6
Jul 27 15:23:10 uiDivStats: Entware not found, sleeping for 10s (attempt 8 of 10)
Jul 27 15:23:10 spdMerlin: Entware not found, sleeping for 10s (attempt 8 of 10)
Jul 27 15:23:10 rc_service: httpd 1599:notify_rc stop_upgrade
Jul 27 15:23:10 custom_script: Running /jffs/scripts/service-event (args: stop upgrade)
Jul 27 15:23:10 usb: USB is ejected
Jul 27 15:23:11 BWDPI: force to flush flowcache entries
Jul 27 15:23:12 kernel: IDPfw: Exit IDPfw
Jul 27 15:23:12 kernel: mod epilog takes 0 jiffies
Jul 27 15:23:12 kernel: IDPfw: Exit IDPfw
Jul 27 15:23:12 kernel: Exit chrdev /dev/idpfw with major 191
Jul 27 15:23:12 kernel: Exit chrdev /dev/idp with major 190
Jul 27 15:23:12 BWDPI: rollback fc
Jul 27 15:23:12 WEBDAV_Server: daemon is stopped
Jul 27 15:23:12 WEBDAV_Server: arpping daemon is stopped
Jul 27 15:23:12 iTunes: daemon is stopped
Jul 27 15:23:12 FTP_Server: daemon is stopped
Jul 27 15:23:12 Samba_Server: smb daemon is stopped
Jul 27 15:23:12 Timemachine: daemon is stopped
Jul 27 15:23:12 WEBDAV_Server: daemon is stopped
Any suggestions of what to look at, look for, or try? I really don’t want to have to do factory reset and set up from scratch again, especially since 386.7 seems to work fine.
Thanks!