Apps :: Problems creating /mydsl (Frugal HD)



Hi

I am using AMD Duron 700MHz, 256MB RAM, 15GB HD,3 4.5GB Linux ext3 partions and 1 1.5GB Linux swap. DSL 3.0.1.

I have installed DSL on hda2 using frugal install and boot up using cheatcode frugal to ensure disc is writable. It is saving my settings fine.

However I cannot grasp this mydsl issue, maybe it is  something simple, please help.

I download abiword and get it to run fine. Then I go to shutdown and it says 'unsaved extensions do I want to save'. I click yes and it opens up emelfm in root. I create a new directory /mydsl and then move abiword.dsl from /tmp into this new directory. I then go to reboot and mydsl directory is no longer there, and abiword is gone. I try to download it again this time specifying to /mydsl, but it comes back with an error 'Please mount media containing optional directory'. If I look in Emelfm, /mydsl no longer exists.

Can I not create a directory /mydsl ?

I thought from all my reading that if I created a /mydsl directory and moved my extensions there then DSL will find them there during boot automatically as it looks automatically in / and /mydsl.

How can I permanently create the /mydsl folder and get this to work ? Do I have to create it on a different partion to DSL? I really want it all contained within the same partiton.

I've been trying for 2 days now, but can't grasp this.
???  Thanks.

I also get eroor messages during boot:
Ext2-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended.
Ext3-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended.

Can I ignore these or do they mean anything ?
Here is how I have my computer setup and it works find althought I am sure others have better configurations.

hda1 - is my boot partition

hda2 is my swap partition (1G)

hda3 is for home, opt and mydsl

In the menu.lst grub file I have a cheat of "mydsl=hda3".  I move all my downloaded mydsl extensions to /mnt/hda3 login as root. This works well for me.  I do not think you can use root '/' for mydsl so pick a partition other that your boot partition.

I often ignore the e2fsck warning but I am not sure this is recommended. To get rid of this warning you can run e2fsck /dev/hda<whatever>.  The partition cannot be mounted when you run this command.  The warning will return after so many reboots of your computer.  Also I think there is a way to extend the number of boots before the warning returns but I do not remember the command.
dtf: you can use the root partition for mydsl. It's not the same as "/" in a frugal/embedded/liveCD system.

setecio: you need to use the "root" account to create directories anywhere other than in your home directory.  For example:
sudo mkdir /mnt/hda2/mydsl
sudo chown dsl.staff /mnt/hda2/mydsl

The "chown" command gives ownership of the mydsl directory to user dsl so you won't need to be root to add programs.
Thanks for that. The plan is to have Puppy, DSL and win98 on the 3 partitions so I want to keep everything DSL within hda2. At the minute I have Puppy on hda1, DSL on hda 2, nothing on hda3 and hda4 Linux swap.

I'm getting 4 or 5 of these error messages during boot - do they mean anything?
Ext2-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended.
Ext3-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended.
and
mounting unchecked fs

Unfortunately, Mikshaw, the same thing happens when I reboot - everything disappears including the whole /mydsl folder, even though it appear after I create it and give ownership to dsl as you describe (only until I reboot, and even if, after creating it, I try to save extensions to it, it gives an error.  :(
'please mount media containing optional dir and try again'
Where exactly are you creating the directory?  If you want it on the same partition as the DSL system, it would be either /mnt/hda2/mydsl OR /cdrom/mydsl. These are both the same location, but /cdrom is already mounted...read-only if you aren't using the "frugal" boot option.  /cdrom does not stay mounted, however, if you also use the "toram" boot option. /mnt/hda2 is not automatically mounted, so that's probably why the files disappear when you reboot. /mnt/hda2 has to first be mounted before you add anything to it.
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