OS Upgrade Failed

RouterOS General
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I just tried upgrading an RB150 from 2.9.43 to 3.3. I got the following errors;

Rebooting…
Stopping services…
ERROR: installation of system-3.3 failed: broken package
ERROR: can not install advanced-tools-3.3: system-3.3 is not installed, but is required
ERROR: can not install dhcp-3.3: system-3.3 is not installed, but is required
ERROR: can not install multicast-3.3: system-3.3 is not installed, but is required
ERROR: can not install ntp-3.3: system-3.3 is not installed, but is required
ERROR: can not install ppp-3.3: system-3.3 is not installed, but is required
ERROR: can not install routerboard-3.3: system-3.3 is not installed, but is required
ERROR: can not install routing-3.3: system-3.3 is not installed, but is required
ERROR: can not install security-3.3: system-3.3 is not installed, but is required

ERROR: router installation failed!!!
Please, reinstall.

I then tried a netinstall and it failed with the following error;

RouterBOOT booter 2.6

RouterBoard miniROUTER

CPU frequency: 175 MHz
Memory size: 32 MB

Press any key within 2 seconds to enter setup..
kernel not found
trying bootp protocol… OK
Got IP address: 192.168.1.10
resolved mac address 00:C0:9F:75:25:7A
transfer started … transfer ok, time=1.97s
setting up elf image… OK
jumping to kernel code
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)

Anyone know the next step to recover this board?

Thanks…

2

Here is some updated info. I just tried upgrading a 133 from 3.2 to 3.4 and got the same results.

Is it possible Mikrotik released a broken OS. It seems like 2 out of 2 failures is not good.

3

Redownload the package. Bet that will fix it.

4

I couldn’t re-download the packages because the net boot gave a Kernel panic and there was not OS to boot from so it always tried booting from the network.

I finally got it by reloading the board’s BIOS and then downloading the OS.

5

There have been a number of failures, hows this, an uncommonly high number in upgrading to 3.4

6

That’s why we provide MD5 checksums for files, so you know that package has arrived exactly as we served it:
http://www.mikrotik.com/download/routeros-md5-3.4.txt

In your case, the system package was bad. You have to use Netinstall with re-downloaded packages to restore your router.

7

Upgrade routerboard firmware from routerboard.com via serial console (Xmodem) and then install routeros via netinstall .