Im pretty sure there is no way to boot from flash and use IDE to install packages.

This guide might help you to install the full version on your IDE hard drive.
I don't see why it won't work on a hard drive.
http://devwiki.pfsense.org/FullInstallOnWRAP?show_comments=1

ok, thank you very much!! its jsut one of those days today!!!!

If this is an embedded install you will have to reflash.

Just backup the config, flash the CF, and restore the config.

http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,7001.0.html

Best is you read the available tutorials.

Knowing full well that this installation is unsupported- is there any known reason why an NFS mount point couldn't be used to also add packages?

Really cool - it works  :)

I made the 1.2 Full install, and after that a 1.2.1 RC2 Full update.

at first, the onboard card was not recognized - but after the update, I could assign an interface and it worked really fine.

great job!

But, I guess that still requiers a reboot of the machine and some downtime for the firewall. I still would like a solution for cloning the machine while running. And, since Acronis does that for windows machines. I thought maybe that would work for PfSense/freebsd too.

This is in the FAQ.
http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/How_many_interfaces_does_pfSense_support%3F

You should really try a livecd to make sure your connection works

1. Static or DHCP?

DHCP

I've just installed my ninth pfSense on a 60GB drive and it didn't boot from hard disk following the install.

I got a "-", then a "", then it hung. I tried 1.2.1-RC2 from 14 November and a 1.2.1 from 7 July and both gave the same results.

In the end I disabled LBA in the BIOS and set the root filesystem's size to 2GB. A 2GB swap partition followed, then the rest of the disk for /var.

Boots like a charm now.

thanks! ;)

Ditch the realtek and put in an intel-card.

Not to be biased - but can you drop your CentOS box for pfSense and simplify your life?

In any case…I believe VLANs will be the answer to your questions.  You can create a rule that specifically blocks all traffic between your two VLANs except for specified IPs (printers).  Best of luck.

@Vincenzo:

chipset is Intel 945Gc A2…I've already selected in the bios settings "legacy"...but nothing....sometimes it hangs on just before the free-bsd menu!
I have to buy another mainboard? Which kind of mainboard / chipset isbetter fo pfsense?

thank again

I don't see know of any reason why pfSense wouldn't work with that motherboard.

Because you didnt search the forum for the zig-million threads about this.

http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,7001.0.html

Yes it's a bug. With Konqueror I have a new menu what i hadn't with firefox3, the menu 'Diagnostic' :p
So with Knoqueror all works.  :-\

That's really make sense.

I never thought about that.

and…the CIDR rules is the way to go, I just realize that my range of per-vlan subnet are all start 192.168.x.x and of course I need only one rule to solve it.

I think that I was to inside of the problem without looking all the possibilities.

Thanks a lot.

Try with 1.2.1 RC2 if it still is a no go then try 2.0
http://blog.pfsense.org/?p=207

I tried 1.3RC2… I'm successful on the installation... Thanks :D

If you donate to ermal's bounty for the traffic shaper he has a build that includes his new traffic shaper running pfSense 1.2 running on FreeBSD 6.3. After donation of whatever amount he will send you a link to it.

http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,2718.0.html