On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 11:42:33AM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote:
> On 04/05/11 00:39, Gary Kline wrote:
> >On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 03:39:19PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote:
> >>On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Gary Kline<kl...@thought.org> wrote:
> >>> simply that i'm looking for somebody who know how to transfer
> >>> pfsense
> >>> from a standalone system to this kit.
> >>
> >>I would suggest using Diagnostics/Backup/restore on the current system
> >>to save a copy of the configuration in a .xml file.
> >
> > Done. in fact i have two copies.
> >
> >>Then install pfSense on the new machine by whatever means are
> >>available -- I think the current two options are bootable CD-R and
> >>bootable USB stick, but there may be others for embedded systems --
> >>I'm not familiar with those.
> >
> >
> > That is axactly my problem. This is a tiny 4watt kit type
> > deal, all solid state with with memory that requires some
> > special kind of burner. [I have the latest pfSense tarball
> > and my .xml restore/update file. ... so, software side, i'm
> > all set.]
>
> I use pfSense, but my system (based on an Alix 2D3 board) has a
> compact flash drive, so I simply dd the disk image onto the CF card
> on my normal FBSD box, and plug it into the Alix, which is the usual
> way of deploying embedded pfSense. What hardware are you using? Does
> it have any CF or SD card capability, or maybe a USB port?
It is a Alix 601 board with 1G of CF flash. But according to my
hardware friend, it will take a CF burner of some kind. I'm
sure the kit has the right ports and I have the right sized
pfSense image.... for me , it's messing with plugging things
together and figuring out which cables go where. That's where
i'm in the dark. ...be nice if i could do without theis
"burner"...
>
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