
CHAPTER
THREE
REINSTALLING PFSENSE
1.
Registered users
can log in to their
Portal account page
and download the appropriate factory installer image:
pfSense-netgate-uFW-recover-2.4.2-RELEASE-armv6.img.gz
Note:
The pfSense factory version is the version that is preinstalled on units purchased from Netgate. The
factory image is optimally tuned for our hardware and contains some features that cannot be found elsewhere,
such as the AWS VPN Wizard.
2. Write the image to a USB memstick. Locating the image and writing it to a USB memstick is covered in detail
under Writing Flash Drives.
3. Connect to the console port of the pfSense device.
See also:
Connecting to Console Port
Connecting to the console port. Cable is required.
4. Insert the memstick in the OTG USB port, using an OTG cable and boot the system.
5. Press
y
to confirm the destination device.
Note:
The onboard eMMC flash memory is always mmcsd0.
6. Once the install has completed, remove the memstick, and press any key to reboot.
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