Sysupgrade fails to parse listed images

ryn · June 18, 2021, 3:32pm

I'm trying to install openwrt on Mikrotik RB941-2ND-TC using the original images in its page:

I was able to boot into RAM
But when i try sysupgrade I get

Killed
Failed to parse message data
sh: out of range
Killed
Cannot save config while running from ramdisk.
Killed
Killed
Killed

And when I try --test i get:
Killed

I checked both images Hashes and both was correct

What is the problem?
What should I do?

jackblack-crtl · July 7, 2021, 4:19pm

I am having the same problem with RB HAP mini and HAP Lite. Any solutions to this?

anon50098793 · July 7, 2021, 4:59pm

pr to fix this was deemed unimportant... but there is some useful info and working fix below (for that particular line)

github.com/openwrt/openwrt

base-files: upgrade: kill remaining processes only once

openwrt:master ← mpratt14:pid-kill

opened 04:51PM - 15 Jun 21 UTC

mpratt14

+40 -17

Some processes are managed by procd and set to restart when killed via the proc…d instance parameter "respawn" being set during init. Example: procd_set_param respawn 3600 1 0 The function kill_remaining() is called twice, and generates a new list of processes each time. This causes some of the same procd managed daemons to be killed and restarted twice instead of once. Therefore, let the list of processes be generated in a separate function and let kill_remaining() use that same list each time it is called. This way, the list of processes to be killed is static and PID-specific, so when a managed daemon restarts, it will not be killed again due to having a different PID. Also, sleep for a few seconds before the list is generated so that processes already terminated are not included in the list to be killed again. Signed-off-by: Michael Pratt <mcpratt@pm.me>

you can start by posting what sort of resources are available on the device (free memory / tmp space) and what you are upgrading from...