topic Re: Need to change Factory Default image from 80.30 to R80.40 in Firewall and Security Management

Need to change Factory Default image from 80.30 to R80.40

dumbhead123 — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 04:11:26 GMT

Hi Folks,

Got my appliance RMA'd and shipped with default image R80.30.

We perform a clean install to R80.40.

While performing a factory reset we only get the option to go back to R80.20 and have to go through the clean install process again.

Looking for a way to reset to R80.40. (If possible)

Re: Need to change Factory Default image from 80.20 to R80.40

Bob_Zimmerman — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:03:55 GMT

You can use a tool called ISOmorphic (sk65205) to completely reimage a device. Feed it the R80.40 ISO image and a USB drive, then boot the firewall from that USB drive. Excluding downloading the image, it should take under half an hour end-to-end.

Re: Need to change Factory Default image from 80.30 to R80.40

dumbhead123 — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 04:12:36 GMT

Hi Bob_Zimmerman, thanks for your post.

As mentioned, we already did reimage to R80.40 , moving forward while doing factory reset , appliance boots up with default R80.30 image.

Looking for a way to change default boot image from R80.30 to R80.40.

This is the output we have from the console. As you can see, no option to factory reset to R80.40.

Check Point Gaia R80.40

+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

| Revert from other image |

| Reset to factory defaults - Gaia R80.30 |

| Start in 64bit no-debug mode |

| Start in maintenance mode 64bit |

| Start in 64bit online debug mode |

| Start in 64bit normal mode |

| HW Diagnostics

Re: Need to change Factory Default image from 80.30 to R80.40

PhoneBoy — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 06:26:13 GMT

Did you boot off the USB drive prepared with isomorphic or reimage some other way?

Re: Need to change Factory Default image from 80.30 to R80.40

dumbhead123 — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 08:21:45 GMT

We did clean install using downloaded file and CPUSE.

Re: Need to change Factory Default image from 80.30 to R80.40

G_W_Albrecht — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 10:07:31 GMT

...and that is the problem - you must use ISOmorphic or you will stay with the old factory defaults.

Re: Need to change Factory Default image from 80.30 to R80.40

Mlinko — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 10:45:20 GMT

Will the appliance change the Image automaticaly after the installation with the ISOmorphic?

Re: Need to change Factory Default image from 80.30 to R80.40

emmap — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 07:30:09 GMT

Yes, a clean install off an ISOMorphic USB key will set the Factory Defaults image to the one installed off the USB key. It is the only way to change the FCD image.

Re: Need to change Factory Default image from 80.30 to R80.40

Mlinko — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 07:44:52 GMT

Hi,

thx for the Info, I've tested that yesterday and it worked I've chosen an option 4 - Install/Update Image, but the downside was that the config was gone afterwards, I had to configure the console from scratch which is not very ideal :-). Is it always like that?

Re: Need to change Factory Default image from 80.30 to R80.40

PhoneBoy — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 16:52:49 GMT

Yes, updating the factory image (regardless of method) requires repartitioning the appliance.
This will remove all configuration settings in the process.

Re: Need to change Factory Default image from 80.30 to R80.40

Bob_Zimmerman — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 18:25:33 GMT

Yes. ISOmorphic wipes the internal drives, sets up a mirrored set if the system has two drives (mdadm), partitions the drives, sets up an LVM2 volume group on the drive, and builds the factory default set of volumes. It then restores from the factory default OS volume to a new volume it names lv_current.

Wiping and reimaging a system with ISOmorphic is the only way to get low-level changes like to the partition table layout or filesystem changes (CPUSE doesn't change between ext3 and XFS). It's also the only way to change the factory default image.