Can't read memstick after install.
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Hi All
I installed from a memstick .img and everything went OK. I put a second memstick in the server and installed to it as if it was a HD.
Now I'd like to try to use my old monowall config.xml instead of punching all that data in by hand.
I thought that I would be able to pull the memstick from the server and read it and consolidate the config.xml that was created on install with the config.xml I already have.
Trouble is that I can't even read the memstick that was used as the HD.
Is there another way to feed my old config.xml file to pfSense?
JayArr
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I wasn't aware that pfSense and Sonicwall had compatible config files. No mention of such import in pfSense docs, and previous forum threads talk about manually converting so I think you're out of luck.
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Monowall, not Sonicwall.
I read somewhere that pfSense would read the old Monowall config.xml and use the portions it understood and ignore the rest. That made me think I could use vim to cut/paste my configuration from the old file to the new one.
Maybe I misunderstood what I read, I try to go find it again.
Jeff
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Found it! It's on the pfSense website.
https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Can_I_restore_a_m0n0wall_configuration_to_pfSense
The restore functionality in pfSense can be used to restore certain m0n0wall configuration backups.
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Monowall, not Sonicwall.
All I can say in my defense is, derp :-[
Glad you found it.
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You should be able to just restore the monowall config using the webGUI.
If the monowall config has different physical interface assignment to what exists on your target hardware, then you might like to edit the monowall config first just change the physical interface assignments, otherwise you will get interface assignment questions at the console on first boot (which might be fine for you also).
Otherwise it should "just work". All the config upgrade steps are there to automagically convert configs from ages ago up to current. -
Thanks to all, I've got it all running pretty well.
The restore is in the GUI section, which I didn't expect, and that's where I think my confusion came from. I figured I was going to have to cut and paste with vim on a command line and then reboot.
I love the fact that you can restore just a section of an old config file, this is a brilliant feature by the devs. In my case, all I really wanted to avoid was typing in all of the static mappings in the DHCP servers and I was able to import all of that in a couple of clicks.
Brilliant.
Thanks!
