2.9 Beta 1 - Bug Report

RouterOS General
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Hello,

We upgraded an existing PC router from 2.8.11 to the 2.9 Beta 1 with hardware specifications as follows -

  • Pentium II 400 MHZ
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 20 GB WD Hard Drive (LBA, UDMA)

After upgrade, the machine displayed the dreaded “99 99 99 99 99 99.” We then attempted to recover by installing the 2.9 Beta 1 from CD. This resulted in the BIOS reporting “missing operating system” at boot. As a result, we re-installed 2.8.11 from CD and this was able to boot normally.

Seems pretty clear that this is a bug in the installation of the 2.9 Beta 1 bootloader. Has anyone else seen this behavior and do you know of a workaround?

Thanks,
Todd

2

We have several reports of this upgrade failing. Though we have not seen it here. We do have some ideas and beta 2 will have a rewritten loader.

John

3

yeah i’m having that problem too

L 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 bla2

even with 2.9b2 cannot mount /dev/boot :frowning:
so i can’t use any 2.9 versions on my pc…
better switch back to 2.8.x

i dun know if i can upgrade to 2.9 in the future, anyone works well with 2.9beta?

4

so i can’t use any 2.9 versions on my pc… better switch back to 2.8.x

they are betas and we all know what betas are used for.

i dun know if i can upgrade to 2.9 in the future

no, you definitely CAN NOT. You have to stick with 2.5.1…

Just kidding. Damn, what makes you feel that you CAN or preferably CAN NOT upgrade to 2.9 ?! Of course you CAN and you WILL upgrade to 2.9, then 2.10, then who-knows-what - there are some quirks and rough edges right now, but this is not stable piece of code, it is under heavy development etc, etc, etc. So statements like “i dun know if i can upgrade to 2.9 in the future” are absolutely out of league… simply wait for another beta, Release candidate or full version (there will be many problems 'till it is finished as this system is getting feature-rich) and that’s it.

bye, mp3turbo.

5

after switch back to 2.8.10 i still got :

L 99 99 99 99 99 99 99
(after reinstalling many2 times still got same messages)

that makes me to lost license because i thought the hdd drive was broken :frowning:

6

why are you reverting to 2.8.10 and not 2.8.12 ?

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hi advantz,

don’t be afraid of loosing license. First, do either

a) low-level format with utility from manufacturer of your disk

or

b) complete disk clean-up with some other software {acronis etc},


so EVERYTHING on that disk will get erased. No, fdisk + format are not sufficient! Then, install your HDD to computer where it should reside and install software from CD-ROM.

These 99s are symptoms of linux core boot problem, what is mainly cause by incompatible addressing mechanisms in BIOSes etc. This is not problem of RouterOS, although I fully understand your worries, disappointment and complications.

We faced similar problems when we were trying newer versions in demo mode and returning back to older, licensed versions.

bye, mp3turbo.