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« on: November 19, 2007, 09:11:46 »
yowsers *
Posts: 49
Greetings,

I have had monowall up and running for 70days now.  I had a quick disaster recovery type question.

Currently my monowall box is booting to a cdrom, then using a USB thumb drive for the config file.  Is there a way I can put the config.xml file on the cdrom so that it just boots from that and runs without the need of the USB drive?  I understand if I do it this way it will be READ ONLY, but I want to have a cdrom disc just in case the USB thumb drive craps out.

Is there a guide on how to do this?  I looked at this: http://doc.m0n0.ch/handbook-single/
and this forum and did not find any reference to this.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2007, 00:06:27 »
Plox *
Posts: 20
Quote from: yowsers on November 19, 2007, 09:11:46
Greetings,

I have had monowall up and running for 70days now.  I had a quick disaster recovery type question.

Currently my monowall box is booting to a cdrom, then using a USB thumb drive for the config file.  Is there a way I can put the config.xml file on the cdrom so that it just boots from that and runs without the need of the USB drive?  I understand if I do it this way it will be READ ONLY, but I want to have a cdrom disc just in case the USB thumb drive craps out.

Is there a guide on how to do this?  I looked at this: http://doc.m0n0.ch/handbook-single/
and this forum and did not find any reference to this.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!

Good USB drives are very reliable.
I have had one for nearly 6 years and its still running strong.
Nowadays they are so cheap too.

I would stick with USB drive, just backup your config in case you need to upload later.
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2009, 04:11:48 »
Maniaxx *
Posts: 8
Bump

Is it now possible to write the config.xml to the cd-rom image? I want to get rid of the floppy disk. USB Stick is not an option.
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2009, 07:09:01 »
yowsers *
Posts: 49
http://doc.m0n0.ch/handbook-single/

15.20. Can I put my configuration file into the m0n0wall CD?

Yes, but keep in mind this means you will need to burn a new CD any time you want to change anything on the configuration.

To do this, replace the file /conf.default/config.xml on the iso with your config.xml file.
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2009, 18:35:12 »
Maniaxx *
Posts: 8
Thanks. I'll try that.
 
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