m0n0live : another m0n0wall live installer
I frequently use m0n0wall for quick and easy deployment of firewall. However, it is kind of troublesome to dd the m0n0wall image from another computer. Idea of creating this liveCD installer was originated from Chris Buechler m0n0wall live installer. Since 2005, there has been no updated release of m0n0wall live installer. Thus, I decided to create my own.
m0n0live Installer
The m0n0live Installer CD is a FreeBSD 7.1 based liveCD built with FreeSBIE toolkits. It includes the m0n0wall 1.235, 1.3b15 images under /usr/m0n0 and /usr/m0n0/1.3b. You can grab a copy of m0n0live installer iso (42MB in size) from the link below:-
http://my.rawpacket.org/m0n0live-i386-0.1.iso
http://my.rawpacket.org/m0n0live-i386-0.1.iso.md5
http://my.rawpacket.org/m0n0live-i386-0.1.iso.sha256
Burn the iso onto CD after you have obtained the iso file above. Do verify the iso with md5/sha256 provided to ensure that your download is completed correctly. If you are not familiar with burning an iso image, please refer to CD burning software documentation before you proceed. Never burn this iso file as a single file on a data CD. After you have successfully burned the iso image to CD, boot up the designated device with the bootable CD that you have created.
No login required, just read and follow the instructions displayed on the screen. Enjoy!
February 25th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Hmm, just wondering how different is it from the m0n0wall derived pfSense LiveCD?
FreeBSD 7.1 as well. http://blog.pfsense.org/?p=377
February 26th, 2009 at 12:48 am
To clarify this, it is just a custom made liveCD that include m0n0wall images for installing onto hdd via dd. It is not a fork from m0n0wall project in any way. If you go through m0n0wall installation, you would know that you are required to dd m0n0wall image onto hdd from another computer. Eliminating this process is exactly the idea of m0n0wall live installer by Chris Buechler back in year 2005. I’m just packaging newer m0n0wall images with this liveCD.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Nice work, glad to see someone update it. I just haven’t had the time.
Though it’s not really necessary anymore – the m0n0wall live CD has an installer function now.
March 7th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Chris, Thanks. You meant the CD ROM version has an installer function? I could not find it on http://m0n0.ch/wall/changelog.php and the installation instructions on m0n0wall website are still very much “dd” styled.