mikrotik rb-912uag-5hpnd firmware file not valid

[kc2cbd]

Trying to upgrade a node to 2096 and also tried 2024.
Node says
Firmware CANNOT be updated
firmware file is not valid

[aanon4]

Could you log into the node and send me the output when you run the following:

for i in /tmp/sysinfo/* ; do echo $i ; cat $i; done

Thanks

[aanon4]

Also, please confirm the specific firmware filename you were loading.

[kc2cbd]

Firmware that I was using was aredn-2096-fce9629-ath79-mikrotik-mikrotik_routerboard-912uag-5hpnd-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

[aanon4]

So it looks like a simple upgrade for these devices may not be possible. When running the upgrade process the new image is validated in several ways using code from the old image, but various internal checks are failing. It seems a new image structure is being used and it will never pass validation by the old.

This device is not supported by OpenWRT now - we added it ourselves - so it's unlikely this will be fixed anytime soon.

Sorry.

[kc2cbd]

If we were able to get the newer firmware on this device, would it upgrade fine after that?

[aanon4]

Yes - it's just the transition which is the limitation.

[aanon4]

Closing as an upgrade path from 3.22.12.0 to the next release will not be possible. A re-install must be done and then upgrades can continue.