Laptops :: No floppy no CD-rom



Quote (skaos @ Sep. 24 2004,06:28)
I guess the simplest would be to take out the hard disk, put it into your desktop (disconnect all other HDs), install DSL and then put it back. I have a DSL 0.4.8 HD install on a laptop and as far as I can tell, a HD install does autoconfig more or less in the same way as booting from a live CD (does anyone know if this still is true for the newest DSL version?)

this is what i do with my lil' toshiba 420cds.

unless you have usb ports on it, then you could get a usb floppy drive and follow the tomsrtbt poormans install instructions.

and win95/98 = teh lose
OK, I have decided to go with that option

But I am haveing a problem

All the windows that open, open with default sizes that are WAY too big for my 640*480 Screen. is there a way I can rebuild dsl for a 640*480 res, instead of 1024*768.

Which doesn make sense to me any way.... if you are on an older computer with a monitor that only does 800x600 or in my case 640*480, then a live CD far less usefull.

Also, is there a universall, close window function.  sorta like windows' alt+F4?
Many programs have the "geometry" command line switch that can be used to open up a smaller sized window. Here is an example:

Open xterm and type:

nameofprogram  -geometry 600x400


If it works you can edit your fluxbox menu file  (scite /home/dsl/.fluxbox/menu) and add the "geometry" line to your menu item exec command.

If your program is started up by a shell wrapper like opera, you can edit the wrapper script file and add the "geometry" line to the execute line inside the script, IE: /opt/opera/start_opera or something like that.

Be sure to back up your changes by including the affected files in your filetool.lst and do a backup/restore function.

Hope this helps.
I am afraid that did not work
You can check the syntax of the command by typing something like:

nameofprogram  --help

or bettter yet:

nameofprogram --help | more

where the "|" symbol is SHIFT-backslash on most keyboards.

Some of the programs might require an equal sign, ie:

nameofprogram -geometry=600x400
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