Ugo Bellavance schrieb: > On 2009-12-14 22:17, Chris Buechler wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Scott Ullrich<sullr...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Ugo Bellavance<u...@lubik.ca> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/NanoBSD_on_WRAP >>>> >>>> Has someone done the first step what would be kind enough to put the >>>> resulting image available for download? I worked a few hours on >>>> this before >>>> discovering that article, and I don't have much time to setup a >>>> separate >>>> freebsd/pfsense box to do the changes. >>> >>> If we where to do this then nobody would read the page and they would >>> then complain later down the road when they finally learn the >>> limitations of the image. >>> >> >> People will complain no matter what, even when the cause is a hardware >> bug outside our control. I plan on eventually uploading an image ready >> to write, for download on the above linked page, after the text >> showing the warnings. No sense in making all WRAP users jump through >> the same hoops. Eventually being whenever I have time, which won't be >> this week. > > I tried to write a decent reply to Scott a couple of times, and I > decided not to answer because I felt he could get upset with my answer > (and it wasn't my goal), maybe because my English is not good enough, > or maybe there wasn't a way. > > I like this answer, and there are really 2 facts that are highlighted > here: > > - Users will always complain > - The better your product and product history, the less users will > read the warnings. PfSense has always had a good record to me, so I > don't read the upgrade document at each upgrade. > > I'll wait for the image, Chris, and I don't mind the few weeks of > wait, but I think that maybe uploading a (or a set of) README files on > the mirror would help... I would personnally be very tempted to read a > README file while it is downloading, especially if it has "WRAP" in > its name. >
I upgraded my ALIX yesterday to 1.2.3-RELEASE and found out I need the BIOS-update (I switched from 128M embedded to 4GB version, too). Turns out that the image for the BIOS-update provided on the pfSense.org page doesn't work (maybe it's for a different ALIX, I have an ALIX2-series board). Of course, I only found out about this after I had wiped my working pfSense installation with the BIOS-update image (and no old image available, and no internet-access anymore). Luckily, I was able to tether my iMac with my on-call iPhone (the personal iPhone doesn't have 3G reception at home....) and download the required files from the pcengines website and finally run 1.2.3 - after a couple of wasted hours. So much for "a ready-made image makes it easier for everybody".... Rainer --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
