On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Vivek Khera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I know I've piped up many times regarding embedded upgrades... >
You've had worse luck than anybody on this topic. :) > I've been using the FreeNAS software (also in "embedded" version), which is > also derived from m0n0wall, and it seems to have a very robust upgrade > process. I've upgraded it several times and never had a failure. It seems > to in-place reflash the disk image while preserving the config file. I > don't know if pfSense can pull this off with the larger image size, since it > would need to use RAM to store image during upgrade. > That's exactly why we can't upgrade the same way. The m0n0wall upgrade process (which is what FreeNAS uses) is very reliable, it either works, or doesn't upgrade at all. But it's a different type of setup, we can't accommodate the same thing as is now. > Of course, my ideal preference would be to have the "dual zone" firmware > and a menu to allow one to choose which version to boot. Given that CF > cards come no smaller than 1-2Gb these days, it seems possible to do. > It would be nice if we could move to a nanobsd or similar build system which supports that. It's probably not likely to get a lot of our attention though, unless someone directs our attention that way (read: paid development). I'd love to see someone contribute significant changes to embedded. The way embedded is done now is not good. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
