Flash Upgrade to latest Image. 22.04 on the Gold. (original box)

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Andy brown

• February 04, 2024 10:46

Those that have done this, Any pitfalls, tips to run smoothly. Before I start just checking with the community, I’m sure there are best practices, before i make a mess…:-) Changes Ive made to the original setup. added extra RAM added an internal SATA drive. (all my scripts etc are stored here) installed a couple of extra addon packages, nothing major. changed the .bashrc file. Thats about it. Don’t run Pi-hole anymore. Thanks Andy

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  Michael Bierman

  • February 04, 2024 18:20

  Should be smooth and easy. If you have added any software (docke, cronjobs, scripts, etc) you need to back that up first.

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  Andy brown

  • February 06, 2024 07:35

  One comment to the process of Flash upgrading which I didn't know.  You have to downgrade back to the original 4GB RAM then flash upgrade.  Once completed, you can then upgrade the RAM back to 8GB.  Bit of a pain, but the whole process ran smoothly..

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  Danny Joe

  • December 28, 2024 01:40

  Can't for the life of me find my old 4GB card, despite intending to save it for these types of issues. Attempted to upgrade my Gold from 18.04 to a supported Ubuntu, and it failed. Any suggestions on what is required for the 4 GB card pass muster with the upgrade process?

  P.S. WTF, Firewalla? My Gold has run much better for years on the 8GB upgrade, but you block the firmware upgrade if I've upgraded the Gold's RAM?!?! I know I was no longer under warranty when I upgraded the RAM, but didn't expect you'd actually BLOCK software/firmware upgrades if the RAM was upgraded. Poor. So I should just continue to run with a version of Ubuntu that's no longer supported?!? Or can you reconsider, and update the installer to bypass RAM check?

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  Andy brown

  • December 28, 2024 17:06

  They really need to bypass the Ram check. It’s a pointless “feature”.

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