I tried this recently and it didn't work, so either I did something wrong or it is broken...
To clarify: 1) I configured a working system from the beta3 CD, not installing to HD 2) Once everything was configured and functioning, accessed from browser and saved "config-[pfsense hostname]-[date-time stamp].xml" Without changing the filename, I copied the XML file to a FAT (i.e. DOS) formatted floppy and then rebooted from the CD. It didn't find the XML file and, consequently, didn't configure itself. I even tried renaming the file on the floppy to "config.xml" and still no joy. For reference, I tried this with m0n0wall 1.22 (generic PC) and it worked as expected. m0n0, however seems behave in a fundamentally different fashion and writes config.xml upon every save from the web GUI. pfSense does not do this and doesn't appear to utilize the floppy at all during GUI saves. In my estimation the "Live CD" functionality works fine for getting the system booted and installed to HD but doesn't work in this context. Am I wrong? Did I do something incorrectly? ~Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: Holger Bauer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 1:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [pfSense Support] Re: Problem in appliance > > > A quick way to recover is to put the last config.xml on > floppy and boot the live-cd. It will use the config from the > floppy at bootup. After that run the install option from the > shell menu. It will install pfSense with the config.xml that > was found at bootup. > > Holger > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: sai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 9:21 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [pfSense Support] Re: Problem in appliance > > > > > > you cant boot from a floppy. You can only use a CD-ROM or harddisk. > > > > sai > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
