-----Original Message----- From: Chris Buechler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 1:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Setting up on Soekris NET5501-70 with all features
Christopher Iarocci wrote: > Is there no way to default it to the serial console before putting the hard > drive in the 5501 except this procedure? This means I have to have a piece > of hardware with VGA, keyboard and 2 NIC cards that also will connect a SATA > II drive. I don't have that sort of hardware laying around that is not in > use. > > I appreciate trying to get around modifying the image, but I really need to > do it that way due to the hardware constraints. What I really need is a > how-to modify the image to have serial enabled on a full pfsense version. Is > it as simple as modifying the default config.xml file in the image? > You can modify config.xml or loader.conf, but you need some way to install to the HD and you can't put a CD-ROM on a 5501, so I don't see what the problem is with doing it that way. I was going to install to the hard drive by using my USB to SATA adapter hung off another computer the same way I do m0n0wall. Will PFSense boot from USB? Maybe I can do it your way if it does. Maybe I am not sure on the install procedure and am missing something. You refer to a CDRom. Is it not possible to download and put the image on a hard drive without a CDRom? Maybe I need to be pointed in the direction of RTFM. I was assuming the image could simply be put on a hard drive using physdiskwrite in the same manner as m0n0wall. Chris --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.4/1189 - Release Date: 12/18/2007 9:40 PM --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
