2.1-RC2 Live-CD ramdisk issue

[gi-minni]

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>

[gi-minni]

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

[jimp]

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.