Other Help Topics :: How do i install software offline?

Hi Steve:
Just keep a few mydsl extensions that you use on a hard drive partition somewhere (or maybe on a usb drive!).
When you want to load them, you can open the mydsl panel and click 'Load Local'.
Or - this is more convenient:

Code Sample

mydsl-load /mnt/hdaX/xx.dsl

- When you download an extension using the mydsl panel, you are asked where to save it.
You can save it to a hard disk partition (instead of the default '/tmp/').
- You can also D/L extensions using a web browser!
Just go here [main ibiblio.org mirror].

Also (just a suggestion), you could install DSL to hard disk.
This will decrease bootup time and increase DSL's responsiveness.
There is more than 1 way to install DSL to hard disk:
In DSL, look in the desktop menu. You can choose either 'Frugal Install' or 'Install to Hard Drive'.
Q: What is the different between 'Frugal' and 'Install to Hard Drive'?
'Frugal Install': The compressed image '/boot/KNOPPIX' in the DSL ISO is copied as a single file to a HD partition.
When DSL boots from HD, 'KNOPPIX' is mounted as a compressed loop ['cloop'] root FS.
Link: What is 'compressed loop'? [wikipedia] Since 'KNOPPIX' is read-only, changes to system files are simulated in RAM.
'Install to Hard Drive': Contents of 'KNOPPIX' are copied to a HD partition.
Changes to system files are written to HD (changes will persist after you reboot).

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