shuting down dsl

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: shuting down dsl
started by: Damn_Small_Jeff

Posted by Damn_Small_Jeff on June 26 2006,15:35

every time i go to shut down dsl, i get a message like, extention installed, do you wish to save it? where is the best place to save these extenstions and apps, and how do i move them from the tmp folder?

btw, im a new linux user, so i might not understand what you are telling me to do,

Posted by ZoOp on June 26 2006,15:52

Hi,

DSL asks if you want to keep your downloaded ext. in the ramdisk/tmp folder in order for you to have them when re-booting DSL the next time.

I don't use this option because I keep my extension on a partition of my harddrive (named hda5; it can be something else in your system) or on a usb key (at /mnt/sdax or /mnt/sdbx). If I want to boot DSL with these extension, then I edit my grub menu.lst or lilo conf. file and type in the boot line

mydsl=hdax

or

mydsl=sdax

So, if you prefer to keep the downloaded extension on your hd, just remove them to the right place (in a shell as root: rm /ramdisk/tmp/nameofoneextension /mnt/hdax; or with the "move" button in emelfm). If you want to keep them in /ramdisk/tmp, then say "yes" when the message prompts. If you don't want to keep them, say "no" at message prompt.

yours
z

Posted by Damn_Small_Jeff on June 26 2006,16:10

well, im running dsl of a usb key, and i dont know how to make it so i can have files on my hd.

would it be more benificial to put dsl on my hd if i have room for it?

Posted by humpty on June 26 2006,23:27

if you usb key is big enough and assuming it's /dev/sda1 then you can save them in /mnt/sda1 (if you boot with 'frugal') but you may have to be root.

for a usb-zip install, it may be sda2 (the big partition).

Posted by Damn_Small_Jeff on June 26 2006,23:39

sorry, but all of that went right over my head. im not very linux savy