Install from USB drive (working)
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Hi all,
Just wanted to let you know that it is possible to install with usb drive.
What i did is used the image jim-p made
(http://cvs.pfsense.org/~jimp/pfSense-1.2.3-usbinstall.img.gz)
downloaded DD (http://www.chrysocome.net/dd)Extract the dd.exe file from the zip and put the usbinstall image in the same folder as where you extracted DD.
Open up a command window and CD to the directory your dd.exe file and pfSense-1.2.3-usbinstall.img file are sitting. Run this command: "dd if=pfSense-1.2.3-usbinstall.img of=\.\g: bs=1k"Let it run (will take about 5 minutes before it returns to the command prompt.)
This worked on 4 different usb drives i tested it on
I thought i let you know how i got it to work as i spend 2 days searching for a solution and seen many poeple looking for a solution.
Hope this helps
NemesisUK -
Thanks for the info. Do you have a link to the pfSense-1.2.3-usbinstall.img.gz file? I've searched for it, but I can't seem to find it.
Thanks,
Jason -
Give it a try:
http://cvs.pfsense.org/~jimp/pfSense-1.2.3-usbinstall.img.gz
Let me know if there are any issues.
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Your welcome Flashman hope it will work for you just as good as it did for me.
Jimp I didnt put a link to your file as i wasnt sure if you wanted this.
Thanks
Nem
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Jimp I didnt put a link to your file as i wasnt sure if you wanted this.
I moved it to a more public location :)
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That worked perfectly. You should sticky this post.
Jason
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Great it worked for you as well Flashman.
Big thanks to Jimp though as he made the usb version i only added the howto to write to the usb stick :)
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Big thanks to Jimp though as he made the usb version i only added the howto to write to the usb stick :)
Edit your first post to include the url and a shout-out to me, and I'll sticky the thread. :-)
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Another note: Instead of DD, you could also have used physdiskwrite/physgui, or Image Writer for Windows.
Jim
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I'm not able to decompress the .gz file. Is there anyting wrong with it ?
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When using wget it was ok….... -
I'm not able to decompress the .gz file. Is there anyting wrong with it ?
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When using wget it was ok…....Some browsers (like Opera, and I think Safari on a Mac) will decompress the file as it downloads, but not rename it. Using wget/fetch is usually safer.
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In many cases you can get around that by right-clicking the link and selecting "save link as" or "save target as" (whatever the browser has) instead of just opening the link normally.
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Run this command: "dd if=pfSense-1.2.3-usbinstall.img of=\.*g:* bs=1k"
where g: is the drive of the usb stick.
Exelent post is working
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Im also havin some problem with decompressing this. Could anyone decompress and reupload as .rar please?
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Every other file distributed by pfSense is gzip compressed. It shouldn't be any harder to decompress than any other image.
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Every other file distributed by pfSense is gzip compressed. It shouldn't be any harder to decompress than any other image.
@Efonne:
In many cases you can get around that by right-clicking the link and selecting "save link as" or "save target as" (whatever the browser has) instead of just opening the link normally.
Solved by doin this. :) totally missed that comment.
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hey guys i tried both dd and windiskimager, they write the image to the pendrive but at the moment to boot from it doesnt work :(…..any tips? thx
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Did you try downloading the link in a different browser? Or right clicking the link and choosing "Save Link As"?
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yes i did that way too,i tried another pen too,no luck,when dd or diskimager finish i try to access to the pendrive and i say that isnt formated,is that normal?
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That is normal. Windows won't see the partition, because Windows doesn't understand FreeBSD's file system (ufs2)
