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    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      xixoxau
      last edited by

      Hello all,
      First let me say that my question is very easy but I am pulling my hairs of….

      I have installed PF sense a couple months ago from a USB stick to a HDD, in that time i was able to boot from the USB but was not able to install to the HDD until I found on google a command to type on the "dos" to invoke the installer and it worked fine.

      I now have to replace the HDD, and I boot from the same USB stick but just cant remember the "dos" command to invoke the installer, eve googled it for ours and searched the forum but cant find it.

      I believe it was something easy as: setup, or config, or pfsense, but cant remember. I am stuck and any help would be great

      Many thanks, for your patience and help
      regards

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        mlsbraves
        last edited by

        You may want to move this to the installation / Upgrades forum.

        Are you using the latest version of pfSense for the install? I just did an install a few weeks ago on a USB and once you boot up on the USB, the first menu you get should be:
        Install
        Rescue Shell
        Recover config.xml

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        • DerelictD
          Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
          last edited by

          All you do is boot it and it runs the installer automatically. Not sure what you're booting.

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          • SammyWooS
            SammyWoo
            last edited by

            Are u running a machine with old bios that can't boot from USB?  'Cuz the standard method of using Rufus to create a bootable USB works like a charm, and Rufus is even a portable Win App meaning you just run the puppy wo even having to install it.

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