Alix with CF card. What version do I need?
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So I updated my pfsense install to 2.0. Worked great until I had to reboot the thing…. no boot. Pulled the card and it won't even mount, it's fried. I guess since I didn't use the embedded version the many read/writes probably fried the card.
I bought a 4GB CF card. I want to install a pfsense version that will NEVER fry the card. I want this to be the one and only install I ever have to do.
Which file do I need?
I checked the release and snapshot mirrors and I cannot find a recent file with the embedded tag.
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embedded was replaced with nanobsd
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I bought a 4GB CF card. I want to install a pfsense version that will NEVER fry the card. I want this to be the one and only install I ever have to do.
NanoBSD images are what you want, but to be honest you have an unrealistic expectation of longevity there. Nothing can guarantee that card will last forever, even if it barely has any writes it could still fail by random chance.
And you should be using pfSense 1.2.3 in this situation also. 2.0 is still very much a beta release, and if you are using it, you should be regularly updating to new snapshots.
Besides, 4GB CF cards are less than $20, even at retail outlets. You're better off keeping a spare around "Just in case".
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Thanks for the info…
I got a card and wrote the 1.2.2_embedded image......................
Does not work :(
What could be wrong? I don;t have a serial cable.... or port for that matter.
From what I understood it was supposed to boot and get an address from DHCP but i can't see what address it's getting. (checked the m0n0 logs, no mention)
Wonder if the network ports are actually mapped the way the case says they are....
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In 1.2.2 embedded, I think it defaults to sis0 and sis1 for LAN and WAN respectively, though I may have that backward.
In 1.2.3 NanoBSD it defaults to vr0 as LAN and vr1 as WAN.
If your network card is neither of these, you will need to hook up a null modem serial cable and assign then interfaces by hand (or modify the config using a technique like these: http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Modifying_Embedded )
And pfSense may pull an IP with DHCP on WAN, but you cannot get to the WebGUI from that side initially. It blocks all inbound connections by default on the WAN. You need to hook a PC up to the LAN port and then go to http://192.168.1.1.
