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    Nanobsd / SD-card optimizations for installed pfSense?

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      srynoname
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      If not using the nanobsd image to install, how can I make sure pfSense doesn't write logs etc. immediately to USB-Sticks / SD-Cards, therefore apply the optimizations included in the nanobsd images manually? Thanks :-)

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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        the NanoBSD system is completely laid out differently to make that happen. There's no way to (effectively) turn a full install into a NanoBSD install short of actually installing NanoBSD and restoring your config there.

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          srynoname
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          thank you jimp, the main reason I wanted to installed the normal version is the raid support (raid 1 using two usb sticks). any way to get raid 1 from the nanobsd install?

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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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            Not easily, no.
            Even if you could do a gmirror setup by hand (check the doc wiki) it would break the assumptions in the NanoBSD code about the system slice names and such.

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