Yes - it works fine. However you will loose your RRD graphs at reboot, and to do a firmware update you need to change /etc/platform back to pfSense, then reboot, then upgrade, then reboot, then change /etc/platform back to embedded, then reboot.
Also while the machine is in the embedded state, you cannot install packages (however you can use already-installed packages) Doing it this way means the VA console and PS/2 keyboard will work fine. You can enable a serial console too by editing /etc/ttys and changing off to on for the ttyd0 line. -----Original Message----- From: Angelo Turetta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 17 May 2006 5:22 a.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [pfSense-discussion] CF-IDE install help Scott Ullrich wrote: > On 5/16/06, Angelo Turetta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I think you have to change the 'platform' type to 'embedded' if you >> use a CF as boot media. The 'pfsense' type is mounting the hard disk >> RW, and you risk burning your CF. I don't know if the embedded config >> can be run with a real VGA on a real PC, though. > > > Embedded images lack keyboard and VGA. This is how we get around the > fact that the WRAP bios is brain-dead and crashes if they are present. 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? Thanks, Angelo.
