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Posted: July 17 2006,18:21 QUOTE
A while back I read on these forums (I think?) a command line parameter you could add to a DSL remaster to pass things like:

dsl vga=788

The new ISO would always boot with that parameter.

I've been looking for a few days and I cannot find that same thread. Does anyone know how to pass things like this in a remaster?
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Posted: July 17 2006,19:34 QUOTE
If you mean on a livecd, this depends on which original iso you downloaded.

Isolinux - look in that folder and edit isolinux.cfg
Syslinux - ... syslinux.cfg ?

I remember adding and seeing other people's posts about this recently as well.

Note that this doesn't have to do with the actual remastering itself, but actually the boot software of that cd.
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Posted: July 17 2006,20:51 QUOTE
The iso I'm working with is from livecd DSL version 2.3.

When I read this topic (adding vga=xxx) before... I know it didn't edit isolinux.cfg. I'm pretty sure it was a parameter passed during creation of an ISO.  Though I have no objections about editing isolinux.cfg.

There is also a file source/boot/grub/menu.lst and I'm wondering does this file need any editing since it has vga=xxx statements?
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Posted: July 17 2006,20:55 QUOTE
For a liveCD, it is either isolinux.cfg or syslinux.cfg.
For the boot floppy, it is syslinux.cfg
The menu.lst you are referencing is the default for frugal grub installs and is not used whilst actually booting from liveCD.
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Posted: July 20 2006,20:03 QUOTE
Are you talking about the "mkmydsl" command?

boot dsl-2.3 like this:

dsl toram 2 vga=788

(Use vga=788 only if the remastering PC needs it.)

run "mkmydsl"

Follow instructions for master and iso directories.

The next prompt is:

Enter optional boot time options:

(Type in the "vga=788" and any other options you would like the new ISO to always boot with.)
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