Hello,
I would like to upgrade my NETGEAR Nighthawk X4S R7800 from OpenWrt 23.05 to 25.12, but I am getting the following error during sysupgrade:
What could be the cause of this?
Is there any way I can keep my configuration for 25.12, or will I have to reconfigure everything from scratch, including WireGuard and all my apps?
the big red box tells you the reason ?
export config, flash and wipe settings, restore config by hand.
if you upgrade using ASU or OWUT, the packages you've installed are kept (and obviously upgraded) during upgrade.
Do not restore config tar gz file.
/etc/config/network (vlans, vpns, routes, ip addresses) and /etc/config/system (ntp, swap, timezone) are not valid. But you can untar (tar xvpzf config... ) config tar gz in /tmp on the router and copy individual files back (except 2 mentioned you have to manually re-create)
Upgrading from 23.05 to 25.12 is not officially supported, there may be a reason why?
To recover wireguard and and "apps", just flash a custom image already including these stuffs.
This is the expected behavior, it is written why : your device works with DSA while under 25.12.
So you need to reconfigure the device from scratch. That being said, you can manually import some files or copy/paste data afterwards, so you can quickly find back a working device. Follow @anon63541380 's answer.
