Last update:
01/15/2014
Current version:
1.8.1
Latest beta snapshot:
1.8.2b576

Installation on an embedded PC requires the following steps:

• download the raw CF image (generic-pc-serial)
• write the image to a CF card (>= 32 MB), either with dd under FreeBSD/Linux or under Windows with physdiskwrite
  • FreeBSD:
    gzcat generic-pc-serial-xxx.img | dd of=/dev/rad[n] bs=16k
    where n = the ad device number of your CF card (check dmesg)
    (ignore the warning about trailing garbage - it's because of the digital signature)
  • Linux:
    gunzip -c generic-pc-serial-xxx.img | dd of=/dev/hdX bs=16k
    where X = the IDE device name of your CF card (check with hdparm -i /dev/hdX) - some adapters, particularly USB, may show up under SCSI emulation as /dev/sdX
    (ignore the warning about trailing garbage - it's because of the digital signature)
  • Mac OS X:
    gzcat generic-pc-serial-xxx.img | sudo dd of=/dev/rdisk[n] bs=64k
    where n = the disk device number of your CF card (check Disk Utility)
    (ignore the warning about trailing garbage - it's because of the digital signature)
  • Windows:
    physdiskwrite generic-pc-serial-xxx.img
• plug the CF card into the board
• plug the box into the network (LAN/WAN/...)
• power it up
• make sure that your console speed matches the setting in the BIOS; m0n0wall will use the same speed as the BIOS
• assign functions (LAN/WAN/OPT) to your interfaces
• change the LAN IP address over the serial console, or use the default (192.168.1.1; m0n0wall acts as a DHCP server by default)
• access the webGUI (user: 'admin', default password: 'mono')
• make the necessary changes to the default configuration