Replaceing Monowall with PFSense
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Hi All
I want to connect out to a VPN provider using openVPN so it's time to upgrade from Monowall to PFSense.
I've been running the firewall on a HP Proliant DL320 using just a CD and a USB stick (no hard drives).
I'm confused, how do I do this with PFSense? The full version seems to be for loading a hard drive and the embedded version seems to be for flash memory.
I have downloaded the embedded, 64bit, nanobsd, vga, file, If I burn that to a CD can I use it to boot up with the config.xml file on a small usb drive?
Jeff
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You didn't notice that one of the options under Platform was literally USB Memstick Installer? Download it, expand it, burn it to your USB drive.
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Thanks KOM
I did look at the memstick Installer but the instructions said that it was for a Full install to a SSH.
If a Full Install is to be performed, there are three types of install media that can be used to accomplish the task:
Optical disc image (ISO image, CD/DVD disc): Easy and familiar to many, if the target hardware has an optical drive it's a solid choice, especially if the BIOS will not boot from USB.
Memstick: Like the CD/DVD, but run from a USB thumb drive. Often faster than the CD/DVD. Many new devices do not have integrated optical drives, making this the current best recommendation.
Serial Memstick: Like the Memstick image, but runs using the serial console rather than VGA, for newer embedded systems.USB Memstick Installer
The USB memstick image is meant to be written to disc before use and includes an installer that installs pfSense software to the hard drive on your system.
If I burn it to my USB drive and add a config.xml file will it boot and run?
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From reading about others configurations in the past, I was under the impression that you download the memstick image, write it to your USB drive and then use it to install to another USB drive that would act as the system disk. This relies on having hardware that is capable of booting from USB.
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Thanks KOM!
This worked like a charm.
JayArr
