I could put the line: cd isolinux loadlin @options.txt
In the autoexec.bat so it boots the "live CD on the hard drive" every time. Groovy, it's a laptop and I don't have a CD drive for it.
But how can I save my settings so they automatically load each time? Is there anyway to convert the "live CD on the hard drive" into an installation?
Thanks, Craig
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Is there anyway to convert the "live CD on the hard drive" into an installation?
Yes, you have to create a native linux partition and a swap partition. A full hard disk installation takes 120-130 MB (plus space for your data and any myDSL packages) and you need maybe 32-64 MB swap. When that is done you can run a installation script.Could you tell me how to do that?I guess that your whole disk is used by windows or dos and you somehow have to shrink that partition. You have at least two options:
1. Repartion the disk by a dos boot disk (or similar). This will wipe all your data on the disk, i.e. you have to reinstall windows/dos and DSL.
2. Use some kind of repartitioning software that installs and runs under your current windows/dos OS. I have used the commercial Partition Magic for this but as this comes on a CD that's not an option. You also have parted (free, http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/index.shtml) which runs under linux - I've never used it and don't know if you can use it under DSL. You also have http://partitionlogic.org.uk/index.html (free) which you may try (never used this either).
There are other people here that knows more about this than I do, so if you have patience you can wait and see if anybody else answers.Rock on, I know how to do partitioning within Windows
So I would make 3 partitions:
1 for DSL cd content (50 MB) 2 for swap file (100 MB) 3 for installation (rest of drive)
