Confirmed. Once I moved my backup XML file to a:\conf\config.xml (i.e. creating the "conf" folder and renaming the file to simply "config.xml"), I could boot the CD (beta4 currently) and it would restore that config as well as use it to store changes done from the web GUI. Thanks for the insight! Invaluable tip.
~Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: Angelo Turetta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:06 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Re: Problem in appliance > > > Brian Neufeld wrote: > > 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. > > I tell you what I understood (but not testes fully). > If the system at boot detects a floppy or USB removable > device (with FAT > file system), in the console menu you see the option to copy the > configuration to removable media. This option puts a file named > 'config.xml' into a directory named 'conf' on the media. > > I suppose that, if you want to load the config from removable > media, it > should be named /conf/config.xml (starting from the root of > the floppy). > > As I told, I tested the first part of this procedure (saving > the config > to floppy) but I cannot remember whether I tried to boot from > it or not. > > Angelo Turetta > Italy - Modena > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
