Cannot upgrade to 1.10.4

[dajrivera]

Bug Report

Cannot upgrade to Talos v1.10.4

Description

Attempting to upgrade to 1.10.4 I get the following in the console logs:

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2025/06/12 18:50:48 running Talos installer v1.10.4
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2025/06/12 18:50:48 system disk wipe on upgrade is not supported anymore, option ignored
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2025/06/12 18:50:48 running pre-flight checks
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2025/06/12 18:50:48 host Talos version: v1.10.3
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2025/06/12 18:50:48 host Kubernetes versions:
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2025/06/12 18:50:48 all pre-flight checks successful
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Error: failed to probe bootloader on upgrade: file does not exist
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Usage:
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installer install [flags]
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Flags:
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-h, --help help for install
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Global Flags:
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--arch string The target architecture (default "amd64")
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--board string Deprecated: no op (default "none")
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--bootloader Deprecated: no op (default true)
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--config string The value of talos.config
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--disk string The path to the disk to install to
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--extra-kernel-arg stringArray Extra argument to pass to the kernel
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--force Indicates that the install should forcefully format the partition
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--meta metaValueSlice A key/value pair for META (default [])
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--platform string The value of talos.platform
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--upgrade Indicates that the install is being performed by an upgrade
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--zero Indicates that the install should write zeros to the disk before installing
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failed to probe bootloader on upgrade: file does not exist
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mmcblk0: p1 p2 p3 p4

I am starting the upgrade from Omni. Creating a new cluster where the installed version was 1.10.3 fails to also upgrade.

Logs

Omni support bundle attached.

support.zip

Environment

• Talos version: [talosctl version --nodes <problematic nodes>] Cannot provide output, no running cluster. Verions is 1.10.3 upgrade to 1.10.4
• Kubernetes version: [kubectl version] N/A
• Platform: Omni baremetal (not using provider)