DSL 1.3.1
Forum: User Feedback
Topic: DSL 1.3.1
started by: DeeJay
Posted by DeeJay on July 21 2005,10:26
Is there a ChangeLog for v1.3 -> v1.3.1, please?Thanks - DeeJay
Posted by roberts on July 21 2005,14:09
v1.3.1 is a minor bug fix release.1. fixed Apps > Tools > Mirror Selector
2. Added a new Dillo icon for better alignment
3. finally found and fixed those "coninue" typos
4. fixed incorrect heading for CDW in hosting aterm
5. Changed menu entry from "Icons Only" to "Icons/Align"
If you have your fluxbox menu in your backup then you might want to:
sudo cp /etc/skel/.fluxbox/menu /home/dsl/.fluxbox/menu
Posted by KnightFire on July 21 2005,19:41
It's been three days, please update the website to reflect the changes (ie the md5sum).
Posted by MethodOne on July 21 2005,20:40
Here's another typo: On the page that appears every time I start DSL, it mentions something about Firebird. That's supposed to be Firefox.
Posted by mangatono on July 29 2005,16:33
can someone tell me what is a diference betwen 1.3.1.iso ani 1.3.1syslinux.iso 
Posted by clydew on July 29 2005,20:50
I downloaded 1.3.1 from two different sites and got the same md5sum which follows:
42ada28253ca7f1fd05345f04c4be5d0 dsl-1.3.1.iso
This is not official, but I hope it helps!
Posted by RoGuE_StreaK on July 30 2005,01:08
I think the syslinux iso's are supposed to have better boot support for older (read 486/P1 etc?) machines. Don't know if you lose out on some features if you boot syslinux on a newer machine. From my very limited experience of trying both syslinux and the standard iso, I couldn't see any real difference, but I wasn't being ultra-observant.
Posted by cbagger01 on July 30 2005,04:25
I'm not 100% certain, but I believe that the Syslinux boot image contains less driver modules than the ISOlinux boot image.This is because the ISOlinux bootload does not have the disk space limitation that exists for the syslinux one.
This shouldn't be a problem for older computers because they don't need all of these fancy new drivers.
But this whole assumption of mine could be false.
Posted by roberts on July 30 2005,06:10
Assumptions are correct.Syslinux has the "embedded" floppy image that is limited to the 1.44MB. It, the boot.img is the same floppy image as bootfloopy.img and is found in the KNOPPIX directory. This size is very limiting for adding more modules. The isolinux version does not have this structure and therefore not as limited. The isolinux version uses the directory boot/isolinux/. Older computers most likely won't need the additional modules that are present in the isolinux version. Same goes for the bootfloopy.img. it is the same floppy image in the syslinux version. Again, those computer without bootable cdroms are the older computers and hence booting from a floppy drive is the same as booting from syslinux. Now, for newer computers, the isolinux version does offers more. If you have a newer computer try isolinux first.