DSL Embedded :: 5 way install questions
Sorry if this is in the wrong place.. it could belong in embedded or usb boot but since it's a 5-way install it applies to both...
Hello all,
First thanks for the cool distro. I have been playing with it for a few days on a 128 mb Kingston Usb 1.1 drive and this weekend I picked up a 512 Kingston Usb 2.0 drive. I have been searching the forum and have found most of what I need. Here is the setup I have.
1) 512 Mb Pen Drive
2) Increased default Harddisk in qemu directory to 300 mb
3) I am storing all .dsl and backup to the virtual harddisk (hdb)
The virtual harddisk (hdb) looks like it's an invalid backup location when booting directly from the USB key. However when I boot from qemu it is valid and my .dsl extensions get loaded from there.
What I would like to do is store my backup and my extensions in the virtual harddisk (hdb) and have my dsl extensions and settings loaded no matter where I boot from; i.e. qemu or from the usb key.
What do I have to specify in the boot options for the usb key boot to get it to load the dsl extensions from hdb. I have tried hdb (an error is reported saying it's an invalid device) I have also tried /mnt/hdb and that doesn't seem to work either. i.e. it appears to be ignored.
Using qemu I have added mydsl=hdb to the append section and all my .dsl extensions are loaded so it's just when I booting directly from the usb key that I have a problem.
Cheers,
--Bill
Unless you assembled your pendrive DSL/Qemu software other than the standard, you should already have the boot option qemu in syslinux.cfg.
This will allow access to the virtual harddisk as hdb when booting from BIOS.
You should see an entry in /etc/fstab which maps /dev/harddisk /mnt/hdb
When you backup/restore you do that to a device, the device for the virtual harddisk is simply harddisk.
This device should already be populated in the backup/restore gui.
To share your myDSL extensions use mydsl=harddisk
Thanks very much that was exactly what I needed!!
--Bill
original here.