I have looked around but cant find what I am looking for so maybe someone can point me in the direction.
I have a old 486 that I would love to get DSL running on and ONLY DSL, no windows or anything else.
I also have a 2100mhz old computer that I want to do the same.
If I manage to get a DSL CD then just get it booted up would i be able to do a HD install from that? Or is there a lot of things I need to get it doing so it just boots straight to DSL?
If not what do I need to do?
Thank you for any help, Da
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If I manage to get a DSL CD then just get it booted up would i be able to do a HD install from that?
Or is there a lot of things I need to get it doing so it just boots straight to DSL?
You first have to set up partitions for Linux using fdisk or cfdisk (easier choice). If you do a Debian-type hard drive installation, you'll need two partitions: one should be set to type 82 (Linux swap) and the other one needs to be toggled bootable. If you do a frugal install (it installs the ISO on its own partition), you'll need those same two partitions and an additional one for your persistent /home and /opt. Once you've written your new partition table, you can run the installation script of your choice. http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki....d_Drive
Check the wiki and also the documentation section where you downloaded the ISO (linked on front page of the DSL site). The latter has a PDF detailing the frugal LILO install. http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors....wto.pdf
(edit: added links since docs were missing in a couple mirrors)
original here.