DSL Ideas and Suggestions :: After HDinstall Howto



Sounds excellent, and if you need a gormless newbie to test it out on I'll be glad to proof read and/or assist in any way I can. Just give me a shout.

Some other things that occur to me that would be useful post HD install;

   - Editing the lilo.conf to set the right video mode etc
   - Amending the .fluxbox/menu file
   - Turning off the MOTD and defaulting to "Enhanced"

Dave Mac
Hi Vacendak,
How are you doing with the "Howto"?
I am also new to the world of Linux and need some extra help with even just loading DSL to the harddrive.  
Good luck and thanks for the effort to help others.
The speed of DSL is improved quite a bit by setting it up on the hard drive like I have
outlined here:
http://www.angelfire.com/ms/telegram/general_howto
I am keeping the original DSL as is, and only add to it through the restore process,
with my filetool.sh (modified from robert's original):
http://www.angelfire.com/ms/telegram/filetool_Storage
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Because of this, I do not expect much upgrade problems when there is a new
CD of DSL available from John. I will just copy the new /knoppix folder to the
hard drive, in place of the old one, and go from there. I'll look at the menu that is
provided on the new DSL, and if need be, edit it again with Scite, and back up all
that to the Tarball, backup.tar.gz
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I wonder if it would be so easy on a "real hd install"
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:D
One of the most interesting aspects of DSL to me is the loading into and running from RAM.  If that can be done on bootup with a HD install, I would love to read about it in your documentation :)

-Daniel
Also items for the FAQ:

* Networking:  How to configure, troubleshoot.
* Changing the host name (asked by me and answered a few weeks ago)
* .xinit
* Really Advanced:  Making a new kernel (what is the canonical DSL .config?)

The best part about bootable CD distros for me is not so much that they can be run off of CD (though I do this with DSL and the FIRE forensic CD quite often) but that they represent a lightweight and very easy installation on surplus machines.   I have Debian on my main Linux box and love it but I *never* want to go through the installation again!

There's a bunch of little things I did when I installed to HD that should be in there, if I can remember the exact things I did...

Take care,

Dave
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