Pi-Star 4.2.1 Upgrade

[KO3F]

I recently bought a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W with Pi-Star 4.1.8 already loaded. I see there is a new version 4.2.1. I am unable to upgrade to this version using the update and upgrade commands. Will I need to flash a new SD card to the new version in order to upgrade? Thanks

[KN2TOD]

Yes. The 4.1.8 version (running under the Buster version of PiOS) can not be update/upgraded to the 4.2.1 version (running under the Bullseye version) - you must re-image.

[KO3F]

Thanks

[G8SEZ]

Thanks

But you can copy the backup zip file and wpa_supplicant.conf to the new image and that should get you back to where you were nice and simply.

[KO3F]

Got it!

[HB9FUH]

Did you manage to update? I can't get 4.2.x to run on my Pi Zero W at all. I tried three different SD cards but no luck.

[WU0V]

HB9FUH: I had exactly the same problem with the same hat and same Pi ZeroW v.1.1. After several frustrating attempts to upgrade I finally decided to get a new SanDisk 64Gig microSD card. I had been reluctant to do that because of the cost and because I have several microSD cards that are not in use. The new card is much faster than the 8GB card I’d been trying to use, besides having the extra capacity.
Just to be extra careful I re-downloaded and unzipped the 4.2.1.zip file. Then once I had flashed it to the 64GB card (using Etcher) I copied the config backup.zip file as usual, but I DIDN’T copy the wpa_supplicant.conf file. The backup function in pi-star already saves that information, and I wonder if adding the wpa_supplicant file into the mix is what caused the upgrade to stop. This time the upgrade was quick and flawless although I had to do an Update to bring in the latest dashboard version.
This morning I made another copy of 4.2.1, this time on an older, slower, 16GB microSD card. I was curious to see if a larger, newer card was really necessary. Again I didn’t put the wpa_supplicant file on the card. I put that card into another Jumbospot hat I have, which is on an PI 3B+ board. It upgraded flawlessly again. That introduced another variable:[youtube][/youtube] whether the Pi 3B+ board is what made the difference. I can’t say which factor made the upgrade work on an older, smaller card, but you might try a newer large card, redownload the upgrade, try a different flasher app, and not copy the supplicant file.
As others have commented, the upgraded OS in 4.2.1 is a bigger load for the ZeroW, but it does work. I’ve ordered a zero2w and will retire the older model, maybe as an emergency backup or as a mobile unit to use with my iPhone.
Best of luck to you!
ONE MORE THING — be sure your MMDVM hat firmware is up to date: version 1.6.1. I think the 4.2.1 won’t run on older firmware.

[dh3ybe]

Thanks for this post. It helped to to install new pistar version on raspberry pi 3b+ und 4 successfully.
Good hint was the firmware update and to copy the backup zip file directly an the sd card.

Everything works very well, only the password for admin in the pi-star dashboard changed to user pi-star and password raspberry. Changed then password and I think my 4 raspberry pis are coming up quicker compared to the version 4.1

Thanks a lot for the posts and thanks to all programming people of pistar software.

73
dh3ybe

[KV4YQ]

I am using a RPi 2W and I have updated my HS_Hat to 1.6.1 and have imaged the SD card at 4.2.1 . Everything seems normal but my hotspot no longer sees my radio transmit at all. I can pick up DMR traffic just fine on my static channels, but I can not reply. Zero reaction on the hotspot to my HT transmitter. Any ideas?

[wd5eqy]

HELP, please

I'm a touch late to the party, but I've successfully downloaded and upgraded pi-star 4.2.1 onto my RPi zero W with a Zumspot single-band radio. I uploaded a freshly built configuration backup file. [I also entered data by hand when that failed.] I can ping but not ssh into the 4.2.1 system. I am able to access the web page and its internal ssh page. But neither the radio nor the pi-star network connection works from the pi-star dashboard... never sees my radio; never sees network radio communications.

The system worked fine with the old OS, even with the pi-star software upgraded (then) as far as it could. I was able to to SSH into the system from my intranet.

Now, I get only one light on the ZumSpot and the Pi-Star dashboard shows no nodes enabled and no green Network Status, even though several nodes are selected on the configuration page.

I've clearly got a fallback position (the old, running system.) But I'd like to fix this... any ideas for further diagnosis?