Games :: Civilization II

Fan-bloody-tastic!  I've done it.  At last...  <crazed laughter>
</crazed laughter>

The problem with the mkmydsl script was caused by my using a machine that had no native linux partitions (Win XP with fat32) , and using a folder on one of them to store the .dsl files and the KNOPPIX master.  Hence all the hassles with file permissions.  Delta-9 explains it here:

http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....4;st=10

My solution:

# mkdir /home/mydsl/source

copy all the .dsl files there.

Run mkmydsl (having booted with the 'dsl 2 toram' option) and give the /home/mydsl/source folder as the location.  Worked fine.  And still specified the fat32 partion as the destination for the finished iso.  Worked a treat. No problem.

One thought on all this - this is a fantastic (and fantastically easy) way of expanding DSL.  But a lot of noobs will be put off because they will not already be using a machine with native linux partitions (otherwise they wouldnt be noobs...). And they wont understand why the damn (small) thing does not work. My guess is that 95% of new linux users trying out DSL will be using a live-cd on a windows pc. They will get nasty file permission errors, maybe burn coasters, and go off grumbling about how crap DSL is.  I nearly did!  This should be prominent in the documentation, as it is a nasty hurdle to lots and lots of fun with this marvellous distro. (happy to write a walkthru!    )  

The stuff on the welcome screen about 'just copy files to the root of the cd' is so misleading!  I've spent the best part of a weekend trying to do it, and been round the houses serveal times trying all sorts of complex remastering and command line coaster creation before being scuppered by that one piece of missing knowledge about the working of the mkmydsl script with non-linux partitions... phew.  Excuse rant!  I think that DSL is wonderful, but am just a little ragged from sleep deprivation!

Too right!  Good night!  Thanks again - off to bed now b4 I turn into a pumpkin...