Live-CD….duhhhh

cheech · Apr 20, 2006, 3:30 PM

Is there a way to save the configuration (burn it on the CD or to floppy) to use the Live-CD without installing to HDD or CF etc. Thanks!

jeroen234 · Apr 20, 2006, 6:38 PM

put in a floppy and select on consule menu the option to save config to floppy

hoba · Apr 20, 2006, 7:18 PM

that is option 98 btw.

sullrich · Apr 20, 2006, 9:39 PM

For the record

pfSense supports any removable media device for configuration if they are formatted as a FAT type.

Step 1.

Format a floppy disk as FAT or format a USB Keychain as FAT

Step 2.

Insert the floppy into the computer or the USB Keychain before turning the machine on.

Step 3.

Turn on pfSense and wait for bootup prompt

Step 4.

Select option 98 to pick where config.xml should be transferred to.

Step 5.

There is no step 5. (Evil laugh).

rds_correia · May 17, 2006, 9:41 PM

Step 5.

There is no step 5. (Evil laugh).

You wicked devil :P.
BTW can the device be FAT16 and FAT32?
Thanks :)

sullrich · May 17, 2006, 9:46 PM

You wicked devil :P.
BTW can the device be FAT16 and FAT32?
Thanks :)

I believe so…

cheech · Jun 2, 2006, 5:11 AM

Thanks guys!

Is it possible to burn the config into the ISO?

cheech · Jun 2, 2006, 5:21 AM

duhh and also I should be putting /dev/fd0 right? I set this up under VM with the floppy drive being a blank image but no luck!

sullrich · Jun 2, 2006, 6:19 PM

Format the floppy as MSDOS.

Then there should be an option on the console to transfer the configuration to the deteceted device (in this case a floppy drive).

Oh, and this has been covered atleast 3+ times on this forum. Search.

_freebsd · Jun 25, 2006, 1:07 PM

This way is only for backup config.xml files.
:)

sullrich · Jun 25, 2006, 6:06 PM

No, this is the method of transferring the location of config.xml. Not backing it up. Backing it up is only available via the web interface.