DSL-N :: Missing mount options

Quote (durbnpoisn @ April 04 2007,00:22)

According to the report in the Stats tab, the version I'm running is:
DSL-N v0.1

Oh, lordy, that must be an oldie...

Err, yes...

Can you update to rc4 - the latest version - that would probably help.

Not that I have much of a problem with that... But is it going to mess up my current install?

That... And do you have a link for the update?

Thanks, btw...

All you would have to do is replace the file /knoppix/knoppix in your current version with that from rc4. You can even do this whilst booted in your current version.

The link is here

Note that you would have to mount the iso in order to be able to copy the knoppix file from it, eg:

Code Sample

# mkdir /ramdisk/image
# mount /path-to-file/dsl-n-01RC4.iso /ramdisk/image -t iso9660 -o loop,ro

You will then find the new file at /ramdisk/image/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX and all you need to do is copy it over your existing file.

You may have to copy a couple of files (eg /etc/skel/.fluxbox/menu) over the top of the files in /home/dsl after you boot in rc4 - the release notes in the old forum may mention this.

He he... That's pretty cool. I didn't know I could mount an ISO image that way. At first I thought I'd have to mount the ISO on my Windows box and SCP it over to the laptop. I like your idea much better.

(EDIT: I got the file over there... I mounted it your way. Excellent. Now the big question is, where IS the KNOPPIX file on my HD install? Remember - I'm not using ramdisk)

Question... Why would I need to worry about the fluxbox menu?

That is an issue, because I've been carrying around the same menu for quite a while. I'd hate to have to rebuild it. (I know... I could always just back it up.)

Anyway... I'm at work right now. But I can SSH into my machine from here. I think I will try to at least get the ISO downloaded to the machine so I can play with it when I get home.

Thanks again.

Quote (durbnpoisn @ April 04 2007,18:08)

Now the big question is, where IS the KNOPPIX file on my HD install? Remember - I'm not using ramdisk)

Aah - I guess this means you're using a traditional hd install and not frugal? If that's the case then maybe you could unpack the /KNOPPIX file and copy the myriad files inside it over your hd install - somehow I doubt this would work...

Code Sample

# mkdir /ramdisk/image
# mount /path-to-file/dsl-n-01RC4.iso /ramdisk/image -t iso9660 -o loop,ro
# mkdir /ramdisk/unpack
# mount /ramdisk/image/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX /ramdisk/unpack -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/cloop50

You will see the contents of the knoppix image in /ramdisk/unpack.

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Question... Why would I need to worry about the fluxbox menu?

Sometimes the files in /etc/skel are updated between DSL version and would be overwritten by your backup if they aready exist there - again, in a traditional hd install I guess this is not the case

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