Hi, I've been reading this thread with interest.
Honestly I don't see any good reason to use dd to create a clone of your config. It will be a total waste of time compared to the classic install. The path that I would rather take will be : 1. Classic install with the version that suits your needs for all 35 CF cards. 2. Create an sh script or whatever language you like and mount the card in a VM or on a FBSD / Linux. 3. Restore config and files that are of interest to you. 4. Unmount your card. A dump with a CF card of 4Gb will take ages if you use a 1Gb… It'll still take a very long time compared to classic install. Furthermore you can use n CF card reader and parallelize the tasks. If you select the right files you should be fine with your install. Sincerely yours. G.B. Le 4 mai 2013 à 21:01, James Records <[email protected]> a écrit : > Found this: > > https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/master/etc/rc.create_full_backup > > https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/master/etc/rc.restore_full_backup > > I'm modifying the create script to send the image to a remote server, but > this might be exactly what I want. Would be nice to wrap some of this in the > UI, but I'm doing fine with ssh access to these commands for now. > > > -- > James Records | Principle Network Engineer > > M 425.984.4349 E [email protected] > > W www.northshoresoftware.com > > > > > On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Mehma Sarja <[email protected]> wrote: > dd is fine unless you have a running database, like with Snort. You'd have to > employ some sort of a dump and then dd. > > > On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Mehma Sarja <[email protected]> wrote: > This is the perfect opportunity for *someone* to write one. > > > On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Odhiambo Washington <[email protected]> > wrote: > Hi Jim, > > Diagnostics - Backup/Restore only handles configuration backup. I am talking > about the BSD dump/restore for the whole disk - if that elaborates my needs. > > > > On 4 May 2013 17:20, Jim Spaloss <[email protected]> wrote: > But they are included. > > Look under Diagnostics - Backup/Restore. This feature has been there since > M0n0wall, although it's functionality has been enhanced in pfSense. > > On May 4, 2013 5:32 AM, "Odhiambo Washington" <[email protected]> wrote: > Again, at the risk of being so uninformed, I'd like to ask why dump/restore > are not part of pfSense. > Would the inclusion increase the distro size beyond expectations? > > I am thinking that I could use dump/restore to create several > instances/installs of pfSense without necessarily having to go on an > installation/customization spree for packages. > > > > -- > Best regards, > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > Nairobi,KE > +254733744121/+254722743223 > "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler." > > _______________________________________________ > List mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > > > _______________________________________________ > List mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > > > > > -- > Best regards, > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > Nairobi,KE > +254733744121/+254722743223 > "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler." > > _______________________________________________ > List mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > List mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > List mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list ________________________________________________ «?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ BSD - BSD - BSD - BSD - BSD - BSD - BSD - BSD - ________________________________________________ «?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ PGP ID --> 0x1BA3C2FD _______________________________________________ List mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
