ok, i figured it out. Basically just formatted a flash drive fat32, copied the config.xml to /conf/config.xml and ran a fresh install. It seems to have pulled the data from the .xml file into the new install automatically. After the reboot i unplugged the flash drive and it booted up complete with the WAN, lan, VPN, etc configs intact.
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