PXE-booting from Netgate Pfsense SG-3100
By jeltsch on Fri, 11/15/2019 - 10:12
To install Linux without the need of a CD/DVD/USB-stick, I now use PXE-booting ("pixie"-booting) on our local home network.
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The fact that everything looks different doesn't mean that all has changed...
PFSense
OpenVPN server on pfsense and client on Ubuntu 16.04
By jeltsch on Fri, 11/02/2018 - 06:57
Setting up an OpenVPN server on my Netgate SG-3100 router was a piece of cake thanks to the pfsense GUI, but seting up the Ubuntu client requires sadly still the command line.
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BSD and Linux
By jeltsch on Fri, 06/10/2016 - 18:02I am used to the fact that a Linux installer honours a pre-existing install of Windows and offers to setup the computer with a dual-boot option during installation. Vice-versa no Windows installer honours any other pre-exisiting OS. Therefore I was surprised that when I tried to install Ubuntu 16.04 on my PFSense box (FreeBSD), the Ubuntu installer did not even see that a BSD install exists on the drive. I chose the "erase all" option, but when I rebooted after the installer has finished, the system went straight into PFSense without giving me any option to select Ubuntu.