2.1-RC2 Live-CD ramdisk issue
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I like to run pfSense from the LiveCD and having only the config.xml stored on a separate disk (da0s1).
Even If I configure 1gig of memory, and I try to install on the fly some packages like open-vm-tools
I ran out of ramdisk very quickly.Is there a variable in some /etc/rc.xxxx files where I can define more memory to use?
Thanks for any suggestion
I am running:
8.3-RELEASE-p10 FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p10 #0: Sun Sep 8 21:51:30 EDT 2013 root@snapshots-8_3-amd64.builders.pfsense.org:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.8 amd64
Here the output of "df"Filesystem 512-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/iso9660/pfSense 218504 218504 0 100% /
devfs 2 2 0 100% /dev
/dev/md0.uzip 383000 329852 22508 94% /usr
/dev/md1 39132 1360 34644 4% /tmp
/dev/md2 62940 37300 24384 60% /var
/dev/md3 19292 11436 7472 60% /etc
/dev/md4 62940 28 57880 0% /usr/local/etc
/dev/md5 11356 16 10432 0% /home/dev/da0s1 100136 7320 92816 7% /tmp/mnt/cf
/tmp/mnt/cf 100136 7320 92816 7% /cf
/tmp/mnt/cf/conf 100136 7320 92816 7% /conf<above>:/tmp/unionfs/usr 422132 384360 34644 92% /usr
<above>:/tmp/unionfs/root 257636 219864 34644 86% /root
<above>:/tmp/unionfs/bin 257636 219864 34644 86% /bin
<above>:/tmp/unionfs/sbin 257636 219864 34644 86% /sbin
<above>:/tmp/unionfs/boot 257636 219864 34644 86% /boot
<above>:/tmp/unionfs/confdefault 257636 219864 34644 86% /conf.default
devfs 2 2 0 100% /var/dhcpd/dev</above></above></above></above></above></above> -
Hi think I found the answer by myself
Can someone confirm that the variables are located in /etc/defaults/rc.conf and
are used in /etc/rc.d/{tmp,etcmfs,varmfs} called from /etc/rc.cdrom?tmpmfs="AUTO" # Set to YES to always create an mfs /tmp, NO to never
tmpsize="20m" # Size of mfs /tmp if created
tmpmfs_flags="-S" # Extra mdmfs options for the mfs /tmp
varmfs="AUTO" # Set to YES to always create an mfs /var, NO to never
varsize="32m" # Size of mfs /var if created
varmfs_flags="-S" # Extra mount options for the mfs /var -
Packages are not and can't be compatible with the LiveCD in a clean/integrated way. You'd be better off with a NanoBSD install with a small SSD/USB. There is little benefit to continued long-term use of the LiveCD these days, even if it is the Memstick version.