From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 4 23:39:06 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEBB0106566C for ; Mon, 4 Apr 2011 23:39:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9128B8FC12 for ; Mon, 4 Apr 2011 23:39:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by thought.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A7BBCE80325; Mon, 4 Apr 2011 16:39:04 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 16:39:04 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: David Brodbeck Message-ID: <20110404233904.GC13182@thought.org> References: <20110402214312.GA3848@thought.org> <20110402235654.GE4792@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 24++ years of service to the Unix community. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: remaining goal.. . X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 23:39:06 -0000 On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 03:39:19PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > >        simply that i'm looking for somebody  who know how to transfer pfsense > >        from a standalone system to this kit. > > I would suggest using Diagnostics/Backup/restore on the current system > to save a copy of the configuration in a .xml file. Done. in fact i have two copies. > > Then install pfSense on the new machine by whatever means are > available -- I think the current two options are bootable CD-R and > bootable USB stick, but there may be others for embedded systems -- > I'm not familiar with those. That is axactly my problem. This is a tiny 4watt kit type deal, all solid state with with memory that requires some special kind of burner. [I have the latest pfSense tarball and my .xml restore/update file. ... so, software side, i'm all set.] > > Once pfSense is installed and running, you can use your .xml file to > upload the new configuration to it, again via Backup/Restore. > > Hope this helps. If you need more detailed help I suggest checking > out the forums on pfsense.org. I _may_ have found somebody in the metro area who "may" find the time. He says it's not a matter of $$$, but I'll stuff it in his shoes if i have to. If this guy doesn't come thru, then it is back to the pfsense forum. > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org