DSL Embedded :: Embedded AND native

I'm looking for help setting this up - I want to install this on a 1gig pen drive, with both embedded and native DSL, so that I can either boot from it or run it in windows as needed.

I don't have a linux box to start with, so I need to do the setup either in windows, or from DSL in qemu...

Is there any documentation on doing things this way? The 5-way script seems to assume that you're starting with a linux install.

Hi GDorn!

It's very easy! Just format the drive with fat32 and unzip dsl-embedded on it. Then you can boot it directly from the usb if your bios supports that (my doesn't so I boot it with a cd issuing the following command: dsl fromhd=/dev/sda1 qemu frugal xsetup and that works fine). How to boot it embedded you will find in the readme-file on the usb-drive.

Hope it works and have fun,
meo

Quote (meo @ May 16 2005,14:47)

ok, that's cool. but...

isn't there a way to set up the pendrive so that it will run natively without the boot options command: "dsl fromhd=/dev/sda qemu frugal"

i thought the "5-way" script was suppose to set up this type of configuration - capable of running natively or embedded.

i've been working at this for 3 days now and i can get as far as running the 'apps>tools>install to usb pendrive' successfully (i can boot off the pendrive).

from what i've been able to research, i need to copy the contents of the dsl-2.3-embedded.zip file to the usb pendrive and then apply syslinux to the pendrive with the command: "syslinux -s /dev/sda".

i haven't been able to do either of the above yet. when i try to unzip the zip file i get "no such file or directory". when i try and apply the syslinux command, i receive "this doesn't look like a FAT filesystem" and "sector sizes other than 512 not supported".

i'm confused because obviously the zip file exists (i can see it in the directory i downloaded it to) and wouldn't the pendrive be correctly formatted already if the usbhdd install in dsl was successful?

eventually, i returned to windows to try unzipping and copying the files from the 'embedded' download to the pendrive. i overwrote any of the duplicate files on the pendrive from the usbhdd installation. in windows, i was able to run dsl now, but when i tried to boot natively, obviously, it wasn't able to correctly (the desktop appeared frozen). i presume now, that if i tried entering the line in the above post, i'd probably get dsl working alright. however, i thought this '5-way' install was a workaround for this.

yes, i'm a quite new to linux, so don't worry about offending me with any questions/comments. just want to get this thing going if at all possible. i want to have the pendrive to ease myself into linux a bit, before i build a dedicated box or try a dual-boot setup.

i'd appreciate any and all suggestions/thoughts.

You don't need to apply "syslinux" to your pendrive if you have already done a USBHDD install.

However, you do need to make sure that you unzip the files correctly into your USB drive. For example, you need to maintain the zipped directory structure. For example, there is a subdirectory called "qemu" and the files need to appear in a subdirectory called "qemu" on the thumbdrive. If ALL of the files are unzipped into the top level directory on the thumbdrive, it will not work correctly.

As for boot commands, you can edit the syslinux.cfg text file and add any boot parameters to your DEFAULT append line.

ok, i'll be happy to give that suggestion a go. just a couple of things...

i assume it'll be alright to unzip and copy the dsl-2.3-embedded.zip files from windows as i still haven't found a way to unzip in dsl yet.

also, is it safe to assume i can just overwrite the duplicate files from the usbhdd install with the files from the zip file?

finally, what precisely would i enter in the DEFAULT Append line? looking at the syslinux.cfg file, i already see qemu and frugal, so would i just need "dsl fromhd=/dev/sda"? or, do i even need the "dsl" part? i suppose i can just figure it out by trial and error.

i'll post again to report on any progress.

thanks

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