DSL Embedded :: mydsl problem with frugal



Quote (mgmont @ June 17 2005,15:33)

I did a frugal install to hda1.  I pointed home and opt to hda2.  I also pointed restore and myDSL to hda2 during the install process.  After the installation I downloaded three apps with the download directory of /opt.  All three installed properly and I had a myDSL sub menu with all three apps within.  I then executed emelfm and moved festival from /opt to /mnt/hda2 which should put it at the root of hda2 in my understanding.  Then I rebooted.  

I watched the boot up process and when the checking for myDSL apps line appeared, no apps were found.  When the boot up process completed, abiword and imagemagick both had icons on the desk top and worked properly.  There was no mydsl submenu.  I checked /mnt/hda2 with emelfm and festival was still there.  I highlighted /mnt/hda2/festival and clicked the emelfm mydsl button and it installed festival.  Also the myDSL sub menu appeared with the two festival entries within.


How did you "point" the restore and mydsl to hda2 during the frugal install?

It sounds to me like your persistant /opt and /home is working OK,
( explains why you have icons on desktop, and apps in /opt )
.. but your mydsl is non-functional ..

Looking at your quote, did you use myDSL=hda2 ?
That would be a typo, and cause it to fail..

restore=hda2 mydsl=hda2 home=hda2 opt=hda2

should be what you used during the frugal install ..

Just my thoughts..

73
ke4nt
Hey ke4nt1, thanks for the reply.  

I set home=hda2 opt=hda2 and answered the prompt for restore directory as hda2 and answered the prompt for mydsl directory as hda2.  In previous installs, I had tried listing them all on the boot option line as you suggest but I still had the same results.  For some reason it seems that frugal can't recognize that I want myDSL to be pointed to the root of hda2.

Thanks
Follow-up..

I just did the same thing using hda3 on my drive..

No issues..  mydsl works..   hmm..

Will try tonite using my CF with 2 partitions, and see if
I can duplicate your error..

thanks for your reply..

73
ke4nt
ke4nt1, I appreciate your efforts.  I hope you can come up with a solution.  I will not have a chance to work on the problem myself until the 28th as we are leaving town on vacation this weekend.  I will be on a Carribean island with no phones, no computer connectivity, no television, and no Dallas smog.  : )

At any rate I will be checking the board as soon as I get back
Thanks
I am having a similar problem with my frugal install. I also set home=hda2 and opt=hda2 and answered the prompts with hda2. I have tried putting them in /mnt/hda2 and /mnt/hda2/opt without success in either case.
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