HD Install :: DSL newbie install on P166 fails



I am also a newie to Linux and have spent many hours trying to cram DSL lowram boot into a 150MHZ 16Meg ; Encountered same problems exactly as DiSmql.  DSL will not let me put a script into Knoppix due to it being a read only file. CHMOD has no effect. Tried all sorts of things like symbolic links in RC2.d, without any real effect.
I managed to get X to limp on by typing sudo su at the prompt you get when it fails. Then cd /ramdisk Then creating a new tmp directory. Then type exit and enter, followed by exit and enter. This sellotape and strings approach managed to get it going; How you automate that process is beyond me
Hello Folks, Another Linux newb here. Using a Gateway 2000 p5-120 (16 megs ram), I also experienced the same problems with the install, But I finally got it to work (with a big assist from dellengwyn, thank you). I booted to runlevel 2 (Boot: dsl 2), created /ramdisk/tmp, and ran the dsl-hdinstall script in /usr/sbin. And if this is all painfully obvious by now, then please disregard :D.

As to how to actually run dsl off the LiveCD(with only 16 megs of ram) without installing, I have no clue :p.
Glad I could be of help, Gregzilla...

 If you have any insights on my current challenge, please reply to me in the "X and Fluxbox" forum....

:-)

dellengwyn.

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