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      Anderstend last edited by

      Hello there,

      I build a perfectly working wlan-hotspot with pfsense1.2.3 and some modifications (packages, own scripts, kldload wlan drivers).

      It shall be used in a youthclub, so i'm not realy involved in the future.

      For this it would be nice to have a full-backup-installation inclusive all modifications to rebuild it in case of a system crash.

      Are there any possibilities to make an .iso ore something with this modifications?

      best regards
      Alex

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        wallabybob last edited by

        Normally its sufficient to save a copy of the configuration file somewhere safe and if you need to do a reinstall (e.g. to recover from a hard drive crash) just install and restore the copy of the configuration file.

        Because I have made some personal modifications to the standard system files I have dd'd the system hard disk to another hard disk. If I have problems with the hard disk I just boot from the other disk.

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          Anderstend last edited by

          Thanks for the reply, but to backup the config is not enough for me.

          i have to do so much steps.. :-(
          install 1.2.2 dev upgrade to 1.2.3
          sysinstall -> sys, src
          install git -> get drivers
          modify some files
          etc.

          another hdd could be a solution, but not for me…

          in the future other people have to administrate the hotspot
          so it would be nice to have an installer-cd which includes all the modifications...

          are there no possibilities to get the modificate an installer? or build an iso of the system?

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            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate last edited by

            On 2.0 there is an /etc/rc.create_full_backup and /etc/rc.restore_full_backup

            You may be able to just grab those two files from the repo and use them.

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            • jimp
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate last edited by

              You can make your own ISO and include your own custom changes using our build system, but last time I tried it from a fresh install I couldn't get it to work on a 1.2.x system (it works perfefctly for a 2.0 based system).

              http://devwiki.pfsense.org/DevelopersBootStrapAndDevIso

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                Anderstend last edited by

                I tried to build a system a year ago but with no success…

                This tutorial seems to be a little bit different as the tutorial i used before... i will try iit again...

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                  giancarlogiesa last edited by

                  i shoul like to do the same
                  maybe this method can work, but i NEVER try it:
                  if is possible to do this:
                  dd if=pfSense-1.2.3-RELEASE-4g-nanobsd.img of=/dev/sdc
                  for "install" the image version

                  maybe can be possible to do the reverse
                  1. plug the memory or the hard-drive to another linux computer (or BSD? i don' t know..i come from linux)
                  2. use the command: dd if=/dev/sdc of=/your home cmputer home/
                  note: sdc maybe can be different

                  someone know if this method can work?
                  i have also found this http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,9055.0.html

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