DSL Embedded :: triple boot



Just a note that I am re-working the pendrive code for better integration with DSL.
Meaning a boot floppy as well as the standard DSL liveCD will be able to work with Qemu and recognize and support Qemu's pseudo hard drive.
roberts: Thanks for the head-up on the install script. I'm about to try booting from the pen drive, though I may need to experiment with my BIOS settings before I get any results.

Thanks again for your help! - Tim
Quote (roberts @ Dec. 26 2004,17:30)
Just a note that I am re-working the pendrive code for better integration with DSL.
Meaning a boot floppy as well as the standard DSL liveCD will be able to work with Qemu and recognize and support Qemu's pseudo hard drive.

Man, that would be excellent!!

I have an odd situation...
I have a 500mhz laptop with limitted drive space.  I would really like to see how DSL runs on it.  Running it in a WinShell is a complete waste of time.

I was experimenting with floppy-boot/mount hda1, and run the embedded version that way.  It didn't occur to me that that's not how that version was intended to run.

Will this fancy idea of yours help me out in that area?


EDIT:  btw, this machine has NO CDROM drive.  This is why I am trying to figure out another way to do this.  It has a USB, but it can't be booted from.  My only option is a floppy boot.
durbnpoisn, I know that will not be happy running Qemu on a 500Mhz machine.
The current version of "Install to Pendrive" and the bootusb-0.8.img should allow you to run DSL natively. Of course, you will have to do the installation to the pendrive on another machine. Then try the current stuff, boot floppy and DSL without Qemu. Later, when I am finished, you could have the triple boot on the pendrive and then use Qemu stuff when you encounter faster machines.
Yeah, that's what I'm hoping to do.  Use the pendrive to hold DSL, boot off the floppy then USB.  I guess it's just a matter of whether or not my laptop will allow that...

In the meantime, I'm using the Qemu app on a couple of faster machines, and, though it lags a bit, it works just great!

Question:  If I customize the thing, which I am doing now...  I don't want to lose all the changes I'm making when I move it over to a USB stick.  Is there one file I can copy over from the Embedded version that will recover my settings?


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Of course, you will have to do the installation to the pendrive on another machine.


I assume by this you mean, I will have to use a Linux machine to move the boot image to the USB, right?  That's not a problem...  That's how I made the boot floppy.  I'd imagine it's the same process...
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