User Feedback :: Why do I still do regular HD installs of DSL?

Quote (clivesay @ May 22 2005,08:50)

Nice job!

I just did a screenshot howto for frugal. You can find it HERE in the Download section. Feedback is appreciated.

Chris]

Chris > I find a contradictory statement in your otherwise excellent (I mean it) FrugalHowto.pdf.
Page 2 "1. Primary bootable linux (type 83) for the DSL file"
Page 3 "hda8 (partition with the DSL image)"
So primary partition for DSL image does not have to be a primary one, yes or no?

Now my own feedback on Frugal

I'm a long time Linux user and part of my job here in France consist of (help to) install/configure Linux & Open Source apps.
2 months ago I gave DSL-2.3 to a teacher that has an old PII and is willing to shift from the dark side of the Force ;) Now he's been playing with long enough with it and wants a real system --in french

Thanks to you all guys in this great forum and hereby post, I can see Frugal Install's clearly the best way to go for people that _find_ the apps they need in the MyDSL repos. But if I understood it good, Frugal won't make it for a localized system & apps

I should be able to permanently localize Fluxbox to French, but I wonder :

1) How may one make a Spanish, French, Chinese or whatsoever Frugally installed DSL ?

2) How will the newbie that I build the system for be able to easily find then install localized apps he needs by himself (yeap, that's the goal here)

Quote (kozaki @ April 22 2006,12:35)

Bah, looks like I made a typo on the partition number. Thanks for seeing that. Frugal doesn't have to be on a primary partition. I think I may have been thinking as in installing DSL on a dedicated HD. You can put frugal on primary or logical. I actually put many different frugals on the same partition. Maybe it's time for me to scrub that doc a little. Many people have asked for a more comprehensive DSL users guide. I would love to do that but just haven't had the time. Correct docs are always time-consuming to produce. Robert has added so many features to DSL that I'm convinced most people don't even realize half of them.

Thanks for the feedback

Chris

I am a completely green Linux convert. I tried DSL as a way to ressurect a perfectly good laptop that had windows corrupted by a virus.

I tried the live cd, and was surprised and impressed. I hadn't yet grasped some of the more basic concepts of Linux, however, so I wanted to install it and use it like a "normal" operating system.

I tried the frugal install, but was unable to get it to work.

The regular install was completed in in mere minutes.

I still don't understand the difference between the two, but as an internet machine, this laptop is waaaay faster than it ever was before.

Lots to learn still, including why I can't grasp the concept of a "frugal install".

I installed a PC card network interface (wired) and although it worked fine under Win XP DSL does not recognize it. I have a 300MHz PII w160MB RAM and a 20 GB HD. Plenty of resources. anyone have any ideas? I really don't understand how to work with DSL with regard to installing apps or drivers and such. Maybe I'll buy the book.
P.S. I am writing this on my other laptop with Knoppix....but that seems to be really plug and play.

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Lots to learn still, including why I can't grasp the concept of a "frugal install".

Don't feel bad, I've been using Linux now for some time and I really don't grasp the full concept of the frugal install, I understand the basics enough to know how it works, but working around those differences to make customaztions of the system is another matter.

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