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While I'm typing this, I see cbagger01 has also replied, so much of this is repeat.

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Save my self money in the hard drive issue i can have a whole bunch of PC's without H/D's in them..

Correct!.. now expand this idea to schools, organizations, etc...

The concept of a "virus-free, spam-free, secure, bootable" liveCD ,
containing an entire OS capable of running PC's from read-only media,
is a powerful tool.
The goal behind DSL is to make a usable and functional desktop in as little ram
and cpu as practical, making most any 486 or better PC usable again.

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Can i make a package that will start on boot ?

Sure.. placing the extension in the root of the cdr, or using the
"mydsl=hd?" option on boot will load the extension to your system from any location. ( floppy, usb key, second cdrom, etc... )
Then, placing a command in your .xinitrc will start the app automagically.
( see the "dillo" line in your .xinitrc for an example. )
( backup your new .xinitrc file to floppy, and use it next reboot )

For adding an extension to your boot cdrom, search the forums for "multisession".

Sounds like you have have a "rack" in the works..
I wonder if you can boot from floppy, and load the cd image from the network?
Then you'd only need a floppy, cpu, ram, and nic.
SSH into the rest of the boxes from your main box.

73
ke4nt

Thanks for the great feedback guys.

ke4nt i love the idea of booting from a network drive but i think this is a little beond me.

the multisession thing ..... im guessing its just burning an iso as a multi session disc .. this ive done many times before.

im off to investigate the mydsl stuff

again thanks a lot guys

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..... im guessing its just burning an iso as a multi session disc .. this ive done many times before.

Yep...

Burn the .iso as a "session-at-once", leaving the disk open
for further burns..
Then add the extensions you want to have already loaded
in the / of the burn .
And the extensions you want to have available to load in a
directory called "/optional"

Also follow cbagger01's tips for using other softwares to modify
the .iso , like ultraiso in XP, etc....
While you are not altering the cloop image of DSL in any way,
you CAN add more items to the image, create an .iso file with
the additions in it, and burn only the 1 image to the cdr.

Here's what I've been doing, which saves having to do a multisession...

mount -o loop -t iso9660 /path/to/dsl.iso /media/iso
cd /media/iso and copy it somewhere (e.g. /home/user/DSL-files). Add a directory within DSL-files called "optional".
From this point you can move files on and off indefinitely. When you have a build you're satified with, from the root of /home/user/DSL-files do
mkisofs -r -l -b KNOPPIX/boot.img -c KNOPPIX/boot.cat -o ../new.iso ./
and burn.

cbagger01: I can't believe I never thought of putting my $HOME files in a .dsl....that makes it a lot easier than runing a backup script manually every time I boot up. Thanks.

Thanks for the mkisofs and mount tips mikshaw...

I think you can put a "filetool.sh restore" command in your
bootlocal.sh , and do the same thing, automagically,
every time you bootup.. Just place what you want to save
in the /home/filetool.lst, and backup...

I DON'T like to save everything under /home.
(From a LiveCD users perspective),- If I save, for example....
...Everything in /home/dsl/.fluxbox, If I used any .dsl extensions,
and I backup and reboot.. the .dsl icons will be on my desktop,
even though the program isn't loaded to the ramdisk yet,
because it's saved/restored the /home/dsl/.fluxbox/menu file and .xtdesktop file.

I want that, and many other files, to load as pristine as possible
when rebooting, unless I choose to save the entire program as well.

An opposite example, I may leave scite installed ( I like scite )
So I add a line for my "/usr/bin/scite" file to my filetool.lst.
AS well as adding a line for my "/usr/share/scite" directory.

Again, add the filetool.sh to my bootlocal.sh, backup, reboot,
and I got it back...( scite would make a good .dsl ! )

73
ke4nt

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