Re: [pfSense Support] LiveCD Serial Console Support?

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The config.xml on the floppy disk is the exact same config.xml that the Hard Drive install is using.  Serial is enabled in advance menu when using the LiveCD, I've tried disabling and enabling, but it seems that no matter what, I can't get the serial console to work on the LiveCD If anyone else wants to try, I use the following commands to copy my HD config.xml to floppy disk. Floppy needs to be formated to FAT prior to this mkdir /floppy mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy cp /conf/config.xml /floppy/conf/config.xml Now when you boot the LiveCD, your configuration is exactly the same as your HD version. From my testing it works great! I can't find anywhere in the config.xml that references the console serial port. So I'm not even sure how pfSenses saves that setting. Adam Scott Ullrich wrote: On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 7:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm currently testing the pfSense LiveCD as a "Recovery CD" In case of a hard drive failure. This is working about 99%, i just can't get the serial console to work on the LiveCD. Searching around a little more, it appears the LiveCD /boot/loader.conf is not present and does not have the line "console=comconsole" to redirect console messages to the serial port. (I understand this is default behavior) I've tried various ways of editing the ISO and adding a /boot/loader.conf file. The custom LiveCD will boot up, but never seems to read /boot/loader.conf, and seems to have trouble booting, hangs in random places (I think this is because of the ISO repackaging, Using MagicISO) Has anyone edited the LiveCD for custom config.xml files or other tweaks? And if so, could you point me in the right direction. Your best bet would be to enable the serial console option in System -> Advanced after restore. Take note of the option that gets enabled and add it to config.xml before restoring in an emergency, etc. Scott --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]