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    pfSense-CE-2.8.0-RELEASE-amd64.iso For GNS3

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      ivo.a.v.tavares
      last edited by ivo.a.v.tavares

      Main Objective

      I want to use the file pfSense-CE-2.8.0-RELEASE-amd64.iso to do some experiments on GNS3.

      Question

      How do I obtain this file?

      Previous Attempts

      I've already tried the netgate installer, but it seems to only be able to install pfSense in a VM, or in a bare-metal machine, and that is not what I want, I think. I need the ISO, and I don't see an option for that.

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        KOM @ivo.a.v.tavares
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        @ivo.a.v.tavares Good luck!

        https://forum.netgate.com/topic/199229/iso-image-for-pfsense-v2.8.1

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          patient0 @ivo.a.v.tavares
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          @ivo.a.v.tavares the netinstaller is all that is available. Otherwise use pfSense 2.7.2.

          In GNS3 you have to install the OS like with VM (it runs QEMU in the background). If you set up the GNS3 project with a connection to the internet you can use the installer like with other VMs.

          Or you use one of the already existing template with an older ISO (older versions of pfSense: https://atxfiles.netgate.com/mirror/downloads/)

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            mcury Rebel Alliance @patient0
            last edited by

            @patient0 Install 2.7.2, then update it to 2.8.0.
            Working fine here.

            dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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              patient0 @mcury
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              @mcury I'm not the one with the question ;) ... but the downside of the method of upgrading fom 2.7.2 is that the virtual machine/project gets bigger.

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