Damn Small Linux - Not!

roberts · Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 320 Location: OC CA USA

Change log for DSL-N v0.1RC2

1. Update kernel and modules to 2.6.12
2. Update LTmodem to 8.3.1.b1
3. Update ndiswrapper to 1.1.14
4. Update unionfs to 1.1.4
5. New 64 cloops for mountable extensions (uci, and unc)
6. New prism2 support from linux-wlan-ng-0.2.3
7. New sqlite v 3-3.3.6
8. Update mydsl system to support unc type extensions and separate dsl-n repository
9. Swapped Mozilla Suite for Seamonkey 1.0.2
10. Added ESP Ghostscript
11. Fixed pppoe issue
12. Added missing firmware for ipw devices
13. Fixed ssh/sshd issue
14. Setup separate dsl-n repository

Download the iso at [url]http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/dsl-n/current/[/url]

jimihieu · Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 51

Hi roberts,
Didnt you say that the .config file for DSL-N will come out together with its next RC???
I seem cant find the .config file for RC2 Sad

thanx

clivesay · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 7

Robert -

Is this based off knoppix 5.0.1? I was curious if you were attempting that.

Chris

[IDC]Dragon · Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 41 Location: Hannover, Germany

Seems not, therefor it won't solve my issues with SATA hdparm requiring >= 2.6.15. Sad

Knoppix has kernel 2.6.17 and a 20060221-0341 snapshot version of unionfs (current unionfs is 1.3).

fos · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 30 Location: Texas

The server load must be very high. I have tried downloading the new iso several times since early this morning without luck. It hasn't even been announced on Distrowatch yet.

Maybe in a day or so,

Thanks for all of your hard work Robert & John.

fos....

ke4nt · Joined: 02 May 2006 Posts: 13

Please note the links to mail and irc should follow
the browser link to the change to seamonkey.

Currently, they still show links to ..

[exec] (Email) {/usr/mozilla/mozilla -mail }
[exec] (IRC) {/usr/mozilla/mozilla -chat}

Looking good so far..

...breaking out the USB key for even more DSL fun...

73
ke4nt

ryptyde · Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 2 Location: Michigan-USA

Not trying to be mean Wink

...but I was browsing at distrowatch when dsl-n was announced and hurriedly downloaded and fired that sucker up as a virtual machine(at work,don't tell the boss) and seemed to be working fine for the limited amount I was able to use it.

Phil Smile

Winter Knight · Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 65

So, DSL-N is a girl now?? That is quite an "upgrade"!

I noticed some problems that haven't been fixed, as well as some new ones. This is my first time upgrading a frugal install, though, so I'll save bringing them up until I test RC2 on a LiveCD.

When I did a frugal install, I got the following two errors (from memory):

cp: could not stat file: /mnt/staging/boot/linux: no such file or directory

cp: could not stat file: /mnt/staging/boot/minirt.gz: no such file or directory

Indeed, there is no boot directory on the CD. I fixed it by typing:

cp /mnt/staging/isolinux/linux /mnt/hda1/boot
cp /mnt/staging/minirt.gz /mnt/hda1/boot

I think there is a problem with the frugal script. Of course, I used the RC1 frugal script to upgrade, so it may have been fixed.

fos · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 30 Location: Texas

It is now 10:00 PM CDT here in Texas. The link is up and running well now. It must have had quite a load earlier today.

Let's see how RC 2 works.

fos....

roberts · Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 320 Location: OC CA USA

@jimihieu, I will post the .config file for you to download. I simply forgot to include it.
@clivesay, It is Knoppix 4.0.2 kernel and modules. I was too far into the change to start all over.
@Dragon, Both John and I are conservative when it comes to dsl or dsl-n.
No cvs stuff is included. Usually we stay with the stable, might be a release behind, but that's it.
@ke4nt, As always, thanks for the feedback. Most appreciated!
@Winter Knight, Thanks for the feedback. Glad you guys know what to do!

What is cool about RC2 is that everything is writeable, so just edit the script and run. But please do continue to report them so I can fix it here too.

Hopefully moving forward, will be forward, and not 2 steps forward and three back. There was much to work on for RC2.

Keep the feedback comming.

Robert

Winter Knight · Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 65

I wrote about my experience in "User Feedback". Here is a link:

You twice mentioned a seperate dsl-n repository. I saw no such repository.

Btw, kernel 2.6.12 is more than "a release behind." Current stable is 2.6.17.4

nil0lab · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 5 Location: SF Bay Area, CA

Accessing DSL CD at /dev/hdb… cat: No file /KNOPPIX/etc/ld.so.cache
Setting paths…cloop: error -3 uncompressing block 2 65536/37451/4987/0 46340-51327
ISOFS: unable to read i-node block

... and it eventually ends in can't mount root... kernel panic.

RC1 worked great on this system (a 933MHz P3 with 256M RAM, cdrom at hdc and CF at hdd)

roberts · Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 320 Location: OC CA USA

If you get a cloop error then likely a bad download.

roberts · Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 320 Location: OC CA USA

The new respository for DSL-N can be found here:

The contents of which are based on the feedback post.

nil0lab · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 5 Location: SF Bay Area, CA

[quote="nil0lab"]Accessing DSL CD at /dev/hdb… cat: No file /KNOPPIX/etc/ld.so.cache
Setting paths…cloop: error -3 uncompressing ...[/quote]

Doh... my bad. Twas an unpowered hard drive on the bus that caused the harm