Installing pfSense from a USB stick
is much more convenient when compared to the live CD installation method.
CDs are quickly becoming obsolete
and burning a new disk for each release of pfSense is wasteful and time
consuming.
In this hub I'll show you how to
create a bootable USB stick that can be used to quickly install pfSense on a
PC.
Downloading
the Memstick Image
First you'll need to for pfSense
from one of the mirror sites.
The memstick images are available in
both 32, or 64 bit versions. Download the version that's compatible with the
hardware you'll be installing pfSense on.
Download either the i386 (32-bit) ,
or 64-bit memstick image file.
Extracting
the Image File
The file downloaded from the mirror
site is compressed in gzip format. Before the image can be transferred to a USB
drive it must be extracted. is a great
free program that can be used to extract gzip archives.
Extract the IMG file to a location
on your PCs hard drive.
