Running DSL from CD?Forum: Other Help Topics Topic: Running DSL from CD? started by: PowPow Posted by PowPow on Nov. 12 2006,19:18
Howdy, a few questions if you'd be so kind:1. Have I successfully gotten started? I've made a boot disk of DSL (I think - it was "current.iso" from a mirror). When I boot from it, I get a DR-DOS prompt of "A:\>". Am I getting there? 2. If I've done it right so far, what do I do next to get a GUI and use applications (play media and brows mostly)? THANK YOU! (Note that I'm a complete Linux newbie) Posted by mikshaw on Nov. 12 2006,20:27
1. No. You've created a bootable el torito data cd, which is not the same as a bootable DSL cd. The DSL iso file is already bootable, so you should simply burn it as a cd image rather than creating a bootable data cd.< http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Burning_a_Bootable_CD > 2. Once the cd is properly created, and your system is set to boot from cd, you will most likely be taken automatically into the gui. However, some hardware configurations may require some manual intervention. Posted by PowPow on Nov. 12 2006,21:04
You are correct. Thanks for the tip and have a great day!
Posted by PowPow on Nov. 13 2006,04:26
OK I'm stumped again.(figured out how to do a cheat code to make the display work...) Now I can't get anything to play as far as MP3. It says: couldn't open audio please check that... the sound card is configured, nothing's blocking it, etc This is a Gateway Solo 2500. What do I do to get the sound up and running? Thanks again! Posted by skaos on Nov. 13 2006,12:27
Run lspci to find out info about the sound card and then lsmod to see if the right module (driver in winspeak) is loaded. From the following link, opl3sa2 may be the correct module: < http://www.thehayesweb.org/jhayes/solo2500.html >
Posted by PowPow on Nov. 14 2006,03:10
Thanks for the reply. The link looks promising. However, I have no clue how to try the right module.I ran the commands you suggest, but didn't understand output and couldn't figure out how to copy out of Bash -- figured I might be able to paste to a text file and post it here. I typed modprope opl3sa2 (not that I know what I'm doing...) and didn't get any success. How would I load the right module? Thanks again:) EDIT: Tried insmod. Got better looking messages but the same popup when trying to play an mp3. Posted by skaos on Nov. 14 2006,11:08
Mark the text with the left mouse button, paste it with middle button (and if you don't have a middle button, click left and right buttons at the same time). Posted by PowPow on Nov. 14 2006,16:04
Thank you. A lot of this stuff is really easy and fast if you just know what to do...Module Size Used by Not tainted soundcore 3428 0 (autoclean) apm 9768 1 (autoclean) mousedev 3832 0 (unused) hid 22372 0 (unused) input 3168 0 [mousedev hid] ntfs 50944 0 (autoclean) msdos 4684 0 (autoclean) nls_iso8859-1 2844 1 (autoclean) nls_cp437 4348 1 (autoclean) serial 52100 0 (autoclean) ds 6536 2 yenta_socket 9504 2 pcmcia_core 39840 0 [ds yenta_socket] rtc 7036 0 (autoclean) cloop 39204 2 ieee1394 183076 0 usb-storage 61696 1 usb-uhci 21644 0 (unused) usbcore 57600 1 [hid usb-storage usb-uhci] ataraid 6180 0 ide-cd 28512 0 ide-scsi 8816 1 dsl@box:~$ dsl@box:~$ lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (AGP disabled) (rev 03) 0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Neomagic Corporation NM2160 [MagicGraph 128XD] (rev 01) 0000:00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) 0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) 0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) 0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) 0000:00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1220 (rev 02) 0000:00:0a.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1220 (rev 02) dsl@box:~$ I also noticed a post at < http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....t=10737 > which may guide us some. Look like that person installed to hard drive though. Posted by skaos on Nov. 15 2006,11:48
lspci doesn't show any sound card, maybe it is an isa card. If you have windows on the laptap you could see if you can find any info about the card there (irq, io, dma, ...) and then use that info when you try insmod/modprobe. Or maybe there are some settings in the bios ...
Posted by PowPow on Nov. 15 2006,15:56
Thanks, I'll keep after it. It looks like this laptop/soundcard has a history of difficulty (just some quick web searches).Thanks again |