On 5/16/06, Angelo Turetta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
And what about the case in original post? He has installed the full version from CD-ROM to a CF (used as a hard disk). I'm confident that such a setup results in a platform setting of 'pfsense'. If I later change the platform to 'embedded', can I use it on a 'Real PC'? (for example, using an ATA-to-CF adapter). Of course I'll lose the package manager, but will the VGA work as usual?
Correct, the two major differences between embedded and full are the kernel (the embedded images lack VGA and keyboard) and the disk being mounted rw/ro. There are other minor differences.../var/* are symlinks to /tmp on embedded and /tmp is a ramdisk - this is why most things disappear on reboot for embedded images, we simply don't preserve them. I don't recall if the /var stuff is part of the build, or something that's created on the fly if platform == embedded. --Bill
