[pfSense] [pfSense-discussion] modified nanoBSD 1.2.3 image for WRAP? -> 2.0 ?

[Matthias May]

Jim Pingle wrote:
> On 9/19/2011 8:00 AM, Olivier Mueller wrote:
>   
>> Any chance you already have some images for 2.0-Final ? :-)  I'm still
>> using a good old alix-board, and I guess the live "non-wrap" images will
>> not work for me.   
>>     
>
> The 2.0 nanobsd images work great for ALIX. That's what they are tested
> on most (by us, and many others).
>
>   
>> Or can I simply try a live upgrade (via console or web-interface from
>> 1.2.3) using the pfSense-2.0-RELEASE-1g-i386-nanobsd-upgrade.img.gz
>> image ? 
>>     
>
> If you installed with a 1gb image, then yeah, that's all you need to do.
>
>   
>> I'll try by myself the next days (following the "Embedded" part of the
>> Upgrade_Guide and http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/NanoBSD_on_WRAP ),
>> but first I have to find some spare CF-Cards and a backup internet
>> connection just in case... :)
>>     
>
> Not a bad plan, but we have tested 1.2.3 to 2.0 NanoBSD upgrades (with
> the official release images) on ALIX and it worked fine. Of course there
> is always the chance something could go wrong, so it doesn't hurt to
> plan for it.
>
> My money would be on a latent CF failure rearing its head if anything.
> The kind of thing that would be fine if left alone but once you start
> writing to the CF it may flake out. Certain brands of CF can be prone to
> such things. Always a good idea to have a backup plan that includes a
> pre-written backup CF.
>
> Jim
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>   
I think what he means is that he's running a WRAP and not an ALIX (at 
least from the subject of the mail).
I will modify the images and host them on the above mentioned link as 
soon as i find the time.
Haven't gotten around to update the few WRAPs i still have myself.

Greetings
Matthias May