im can figure it out
Forum: User Feedback
Topic: im can figure it out
started by: geogeo
Posted by geogeo on Jan. 25 2006,03:36
All the insturctions and stuff are confusing. Could some one make a copy of there hard drive with dsl on it and make it a download if so
post it so i can just download it and past it on my hard drive.
Posted by Guest on Jan. 25 2006,04:13
Its easier to make normal hd install. Tell some specs of your computer so we can help you to install it.
Posted by geogeo on Jan. 28 2006,03:03
my computer has:sis 661fx mother board
2 gig hard drive
cd-rom
windows 95 (actually i just formated the drive)
2.5 gig intel cpu
256 ram
Posted by Guest on Jan. 28 2006,07:47
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Installing_to_the_Hard_DiskWhat is the unclear thing on that? Tell us so we can help you.
Posted by geogeo on Jan. 28 2006,20:58
i've booted my computer with the live cd but it dosent execute or something like that. It says its looking for cd boot image and it find s it but it just stays there after that.
the dsl-hdinstall is that a file you download
the sudo -u root do you just boot up dos and type that in?
And what excatly should be on the live cd should it have the iso image or the stuff thats extracted from the image?
And why couldent they have just made a dsl.exe file that you download and then put on a cd and excute from dos and it installs on your hard drive.That would be much easyer.
Posted by doobit on Jan. 28 2006,21:21
If it's not finding a boot image, then:1. you didn't get a proper burn of the CD image, or
2. you need the syslinux version for your computer.
Posted by Guest on Jan. 29 2006,08:50
How you burned your cd? I used Alcohol 120%, you can find it with google. Cd should have folders named Boot, Knoppix, Lost&Found(not sure about that) and index.html. If you just extracted the iso with winrar or anything else and burned files to cd, it will not work. Another way to install it is to make loadlin install, instructions can be found from dsl wiki, i did it for my oldlaptop, or you can install from usb, if you have usb and somekind of an usb stick.
Posted by MoonMind on Jan. 29 2006,09:58
You need to get the live CD to work in order to be able to do anything - if you weren't able to do this yet, you might have one of two problems:1. a faulty ISO to burn from OR
2. troubles with GRUB
I suspect the first. So there's a rather simple solution: Check MD5SUMs just to make sure you've got a functional ISO - your CD burning app should provide you with a tool to do that, and the .md5 file is on the download mirror right next to the ISO (visually speaking
). And: Burn as CD image, not as as file - you'll have to have to CONTENTS of the ISO, not the ISO on disk! That's what may have happened - annoying, but happens to everyone once...If this isn't working, go to the main download server (ibiblio), enter the "current" directory and choose the "syslinux" ISO (this works better on some machines, especially with quirky BIOSes).
As for a "dsl.exe": DSL is an operating system, no simple single program or tool. And it's not directed at Windows users to have a nice gadget at their hands, but is a fully functional working environment the size of an average application in M$ terms of thinking - that's what makes it special, okay? So don't think this'll be on anyone's agenda soon...
Edit:
Rats, I always miss the fact that iconboard doesn't automagically put you to the end of a thread... sorry for the doubling up... If anyone wants me to edit that stuff out completely, just tell me...