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

Contributed by Mark Rijckenberg <markrijckenberg at spymac dot com>

• download and burn Damn Small Linux to a CD-R/RW disk
• boot target PC with the Damn Small Linux CD
• download the latest generic-pc m0n0wall image to the /ramdisk/home/dsl folder using the Dillo web browser
• in a root shell, execute the following commands:
  cfdisk
  (cfdisk has the big benefit of showing you the exact Linux device name of your HD/CF. Do not create any file systems using cfdisk - the dd command will do that instead)
  gunzip -c /ramdisk/home/dsl/generic-pc-xxx.img | dd of=/dev/xxx bs=16k
  where xxx = the IDE device name of your HD/CF card (e.g. "hda")
• shut down PC
• remove the Damn Small Linux CD and reboot
• assign functions (LAN/WAN/OPT) to your interfaces (hint: use auto-detection, or let the MAC addresses tell you which card is which one)
• change the LAN IP address, 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