Dsl 2.0 release ...no way to boot !!!


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Topic: Dsl 2.0 release ...no way to boot !!!
started by: mchasard
Posted by mchasard on Nov. 22 2005,16:44
i just download the new iso dsl 2.0 release ... and no way to boot and run it as usual ... i don't know why ...

Could you gave me some explanations ?  am i the only guy ?

thanks in advance
Posted by MoonMind on Nov. 22 2005,18:21
Did you check the MD5SUM before you burned the ISO?

If the other versions worked, there's no reason why this shouldn't - in fact, I'm using a freshly burned DSL 2.0 (standard version, not syslinux) to write this, and it's really running well on an ancient box (P233MMX, 64MB RAM); it even outruns the installed system (which is an already optimized one, Zenwalk 1.3 - not the worst of Linuxes out there...).

You might also want to use the syslinux version - maybe there's some issue with GRUB on your test system you didn't run into up to now...
Posted by mustang335 on Nov. 23 2005,02:43
I had problems with grub on a couple of installations of dsl, now I stick to lilo. Also if one tries to do a hard drive installon dsl 2.0  while running in dsl toram, no modules get loaded, The machine is looking for module dependancies from the 2.4.26 kernal while it is running a 2.4.31 kernal. No scsi,no network card modules loaded. I had no problem in installing to hd when i was in regular mode. just booted with enter. Great distro, I am runninbg a 500mh celeron on a hp motherboard with a netgear net card with 14g hd and 1 30g hd. 392mb of ram and on cable it screams Dillo actually downloads with 2.0, I had problems before 2.0.   Marty
Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Nov. 24 2005,03:09
Quite a few modules were cut from 2.0 to make room for the new kernel, including scsi support.

You can get those modules in the modules_cut.tar.gz.

Put the modules you need in the modules/ directory of your boot media and they will be automagically probed and set up, just as if they were in the base iso.

-J.P.
Posted by sheldonisaac on Nov. 24 2005,13:57
Previous message:
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Quite a few modules were cut from 2.0 to make room for the new kernel, including scsi support.

You can get those modules in the modules_cut.tar.gz.

Put the modules you need in the modules/ directory of your boot media and they will be automagically probed and set up, just as if they were in the base iso.
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Sorry, I'm new. Where can I get the modules_cut.tar.gz ?
What do you mean by "modules/ directory of your boot media"?
Where is that directory?  (Currenttly I have a live CD 1.5, and a frugal Grub install)
Thanks.
Posted by doobit on Nov. 24 2005,19:07
You can get the modules_cut.tar.gz from the download sites,in the release_candidate directory.
I'm also unclear what SaidinUnleashed means by the modules/ directory since anything in the  image of the Frugal install is read-only. If you put tar.gz files or any of the mydsl apps in /cdrom then they will get loaded at bootup. The problem with the modules, at least with certain ones, like the madwifi.tar.gz is that it tries to write to a read-only directory in a Frugal install. I don't know how to fix that.
Posted by sheldonisaac on Nov. 25 2005,02:41
> You can get the modules_cut.tar.gz from the download      > sites,in the release_candidate directory.

Thanks a lot. I'll wait unti I can get to someone's house with high-speed Internet - I'm on dialup.

I've been unable to find out how to quote all/part of the message one is replying to; I did this with copy/paste.
Posted by cbagger01 on Nov. 25 2005,06:28
The file is only 4MB in size.

It will download in a few minutes even on dialup.
Posted by sheldonisaac on Nov. 29 2005,14:58
Quote (doobit @ Nov. 24 2005,14:07)
> You can get the modules_cut.tar.gz from the download  
> sites, in the release_candidate directory.

OK, got that file.

How does one quote from an existing message in this forum?

What do the various modules in the file do?  That is, what functionality is missing from the basic DSL 2.0, and which modules does one load (how?  surely not a whole lot of insmod commands!) ?

> I'm also unclear what SaidinUnleashed means by the    
> modules/ directory since anything in the image of the  
> Frugal install is read-only. If you put tar.gz files or any of  > the mydsl apps in /cdrom then they will get loaded at    
> bootup. The problem with the modules, at least with certain > ones, like the madwifi.tar.gz is that it tries to write to a
> read-only directory in a Frugal install. I don't know how to > fix that.

I hope someone will reply.

I am a newbie, and find it difficult to get information on DSL.
I read the FAQ, thanks to all.  But a full documentation would be helpful. I hope.
An e-mail list or a newgroup seems an easier way to ask and answer questions and generally share knowledge?

Sheldon

You can get the modules_cut.tar.gz from the download sites,in the release_candidate directory.
I'm also unclear what SaidinUnleashed means by the modules/ directory since anything in the  image of the Frugal install is read-only. If you put tar.gz files or any of the mydsl apps in /cdrom then they will get loaded at bootup. The problem with the modules, at least with certain ones, like the madwifi.tar.gz is that it tries to write to a read-only directory in a Frugal install. I don't know how to fix that.
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