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Chad R. Larson wrote: > At 05:05 PM 11/20/2003, Chris Craft wrote: > >>I have tried the procedure to install generic-pc-pb19r536.img to a hard >>drive on a machine that boots from the CDROM version just fine. (The >>reason why I'm doing this is because the @#!!$ floppy drive is now toast, >>and I like the reliability of hard drives better.) > > > You'll like it even more better if you take out the hard drive all > together. Set the CD-ROM to be the boot device. Burn the > "generic-pc-cdrom" ISO onto a CD-R (those little 8mm ones are very cute) > and put it in the drive. Once the m0n0wall is up and running, the CD drive > spins down and you have no moving parts. In fact, if you have an old > (read: slow) enough CPU, you won't even need any fans. It's not going to > get any more reliable than that. > > Chad, How would I configure it in this case? I need the ability to change on the fly. Sincerely, Chris. |