M0n0wall network install

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M0n0wall network install(Roberto Pereyra - unixlibre@unixlibre.com.ar)Last update  05/13/2004Based in the g4u documentation (http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/) and  Hubert Feyrer  works.1. What is it?g4u ("ghost for unix") is a NetBSD-based bootfloppy/CD-ROM that allows easy cloning of PC harddisks to deploy a common setup on a number of PCs using FTP. The floppy/CD offers two functions. First is to upload the compressed image of a local harddisk to a FTP server. Other is to restore that image via FTP, uncompress it and write it back to disk; network configuration is fetched via DHCP. As the harddisk is processed as a image, any filesystem and operating system can be deployed using g4u. Easy cloning of local disks as well as partitions is also supported.2. Requirements & DownloadAn empty 1.44MB floppy disk or an empty CD A FTP-server A DHCP-serverThe g4u 1.15 floppy image or the g4u 1.15 ISO CD image (http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/) . The lastest at this time.Monowall generic-pc-xxx.img (http://m0n0.ch/wall/downloads.php)3. Creating the boot g4u disk3.1 Using the g4u floppy image: Download the floppy image, g4u-1.15.fs or g4u-1.15.fs.zip If you downloaded the g4u-1.15.fs.zip file, unpack it to get g4u-1.15.fs Write the image to disk. Under Unix, a simple "cat g4u-1.15.fs >/dev/diskette" will do. Make yourself familiar with the name of your floppy device, some common ones are: NetBSD: /dev/fd0a Solaris: /dev/diskette Linux: /dev/fd0FreeBSD: /dev/fd0If you're using DOS, use rawrite.exe. There's also a Windows-based program available called rawrite32. 3.2 Using the g4u CDROM ISO image: Download the CDROM ISO image, g4u-1.17.iso or g4u-1.17.iso.zip If you downloaded the g4u-1.17.iso.zip file, unpack it to get g4u-1.17.iso Please consult your CDROM writing software (Nero, DiskJuggler, WinOnCD, cdrecord, ...) 's manual on how to write the g4u.iso file to a CDROM. Note that the image is bootable.4: FTP server setupOn a FTP server of your choice, create an user-account called "install", and protect it with some password. Make sure the 'install' user can login via ftp (/etc/shells...) If you want to use a different account, you can specify "login@server" for slurpdisk 5. M0n0wall image network installCopy the m0n0wall image in your ftp server install home directory6. Boot the CD or floppy on the machine you want to install M0n0wall. See it read the kernel from disk, then print out all the devices found in the machine. It will do DHCP next, asking for an IP number - be sure you have DHCP configured properly! At the end you'll get a text description of possible commands, and a shell prompt.7. Installing M0n0wallType "slurpdisk your.ftp.server.com generic-pc-xxx.img". This will log into the FTP server's "install" account, verify the password, then retrieve the image, uncompress it and write it.Before putting the file on the FTP server, the "install" account's password is requested.If you want to use a different account name than "install", use "account@your.ftp.server.com" for slurpdisk. Reboot the machine (type "reboot" or press reset button), and see if your machine comes up as expected - it should!That's all!EnjoyNotes:See the g4u supported hardware in http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/INSTALL_G4U-1.15g4u does currently not support a lot of laptop/notebook hardware (PCMCIA/CardBus, FireWire), sorry.List of recognized disksDuring startup of g4u, all devices recognized are listed, but very fast. To get a list of recognized disks, use the 'disks' command: # diskswd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: wd0: drive supports 16-sector pio transfers, lba addressingwd0: 6149 MB, 13328 cyl, 15 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 12594960 sectorswd0: 32-bit data portwd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfers)?Copyright 2004 Roberto Pereyra