V 3.28 can't downgrade?

RouterOS General
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Hi all,

Mikrotik V 3.28, I’m testing downgrade system to old version.
Why Mikrotik don’t downgrade???

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  1. why do you want do downgrade? bad idea. no support, more bugs.

  2. what did you do and what didn’t work?

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I downgraded 3.28 to 3.25 and upgraded to 3.28 again, no problem. X86, system + security + ntp + ppp + dhcp + advanced-tools packages.

I tested routing-test package 3.28 - it did not work as expected … more on this in another topic soon …

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Hi all

I keep Mikrotik license level 4 for testing. you know Mikrotik almost version issue has error !!! so when I update must test first.

I downgraded 3.28 to 3.27, my system x86. Can do it?

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Just make sure .npk files are whole files and not some download cut in the middle.

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just see ‘/log print’ after reboot :wink:

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rememeber that reboot only works for upgrade! for downgrade you have to type “/system package downgrade”

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Hi all,

Packages v 3.27 upload to files and run command:
/system package downgrade

But I saw log only reboot, did not do update !! and I saw packages v 3.27 still in files.

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current version → /system backup save
upgrade → /system backup save
downgrade → /system backup restore (previous version)

It’s always a good idea to take backups. Not too many software support downgrading without loosing some configurations.