Release Candidates :: DSL-2.2RC1



bokaroseani:
I Agree, I love DSL its revitalized my jurassic ware and made it useable AND enjoyable again. Nothing like a brand new shiny mmc-1 366mhz Laptop with 288mb of ram (max it'll take) and a 10gb HDD with an ol' rt2500 wifi card in it. This computer never had it so good. Hell even under windows that it shipped with it was never this responsive. I love DSL and will use it alot on old hardware. I like to build computers for people with no means to buy them and DSL gives me a rock solid and user friendly way of doing that WITHOUT having to use a less than honest copy of some other system. But even if DSL decides to focus on more modern hardware we still have 2.2 that works great on our old hardware, the repository is the only area that seems could be a bit of a juggling act under that scenario, but even then there could be a 2.2 repos and a latest build repos, ultimately I know the dev team will choose well, they did after all bring us this far :)

3 Cheers for all the people that make DSL a reality
Viva Le' Revolution!
Viva Le' Revolution!
Viva Le' Revolution!

Rob :laugh:

Quote (cbagger01 @ Feb. 04 2006,01:40)
DSL 2.1 automatically loaded the USB2 driver, called ehci-hcd at boot time.

DSL 1.5 (and possibly DSL 2.2RC1, I dunno), did not.  However, the DSL 1.5 USB BOOT FLOPPY DID autoload the USB2.0 driver.

You can test the theory by doing the following:

1) Using someone else's computer, install DSL 2.2RC1 to your USB drive.

2) Using someone else's computer, create a DSL2.2RC1 boot floppy disk.

3) Using someone else's computer, rename the minirt24.gz file on your USB drive to minirt24.gz.old

4) Using someone else's computer, copy the minirt24.gz file from the floppy disk over to your USB drive.

5) Try your newly modified USB drive in your computer and see if it works.

Otherwise, you may be stuck using DSL 2.1b until the Next Generation DSL-like system that is based on the linux 2.6.x kernel version is released.

This worked -- the 22RC1 boots on my Toshiba with the minirt file from the boot floppy.  But, it's probably a moot point, since I see that the USB2 driver will be added in the next RC.  BTW, the minirt file from the boot floppy is WAY smaller -- is it safe to use when running this from the pendrive ?  Thanks for your suggestion :)
In the interest of supporting more and older hardware, I would like to request that the pcmcia drivers be removed from the kernel and the newest stand alone pcmcia_cs drivers be used instead as they  also support pci-to-pcmcia that are not CardBus as in the Cirrus Logic CL 6729, Omega Micro 82C092G and others that the kernel drivers do not support. I have no idea how much size difference this would make, but would support more old notebooks like the one I have :)
Thanks for all your hard work.

The USB bootfloppy minirt contains less boottime driver modules for other devices like SCSI for example, so it will be smaller.

HOWEVER, since you are always booting from a USB device, you don't need most of them during the initial boot process so don't worry about the much smaller minirt file.

Or you can always wait for DSL 2.2RC2

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Or you can always wait for DSL 2.2RC2

Isn't that what release candidate testing all about?
It is not intended that RC level versions be for daily/regular use.
The purpose of this topic thread is to provide testing/feedback
Instead this topic has tuned into a microcosm of support and ideas and suggestions.



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