https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/backup/automatically-restore-during-install.html
External Configuration Locator (ECL)
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In this article in states you can put the config.xml on a flash drive,
I have placed the config.xml file on a FAT32 (just formatted flash drive) in the root directory the drive. The version that is on this box is 2.4.4 p2 (which is fine). I don't need to reinstall this, this is what it factory resets too. No matter what combination of plugin, restart, or restart, plugin I do. I cannot seem to get it to read this config file and apply it. I know I can configure my laptop to be within the 192.168.1.1 net and go into the GUI and upload it, I am just annoyed with how simple this process is listed on Netgate's website but I cannot seem to get the results I want. Any pointers? Has anyone else encountered this?
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