Getting started with GNU Utils and MyDSL

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: Getting started with GNU Utils and MyDSL
started by: jhsu

Posted by jhsu on May 25 2007,17:09

I found the desktop menu tools for downloading the upgrade to GNU utilities and downloading the MyDSL extensions. But I'm not sure where to go from here.

Where should I be saving the files to? The default directory isn't cutting it, because the files don't survive reboots here.

Once I do save the files to the appropriate place, how do I install the GNU utilities and the MyDSL extensions?

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on May 25 2007,19:15

Ah, guess the mydsl page for autobooting hasn't been updated yet... you could always check the notes page for the most recent changes. (but maybe / still works?) Namely this:

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* Simplified MyDSL structure using the level 1 default autoscanned /mydsl directory or user specified level one directory which contains extensions, and optionally the 'optional' subdirectory and/or a 'modules' subdirectory. Dropped now unneeded 'modules' boot time option and support for extensions at level 1.

In other words, you'll probably want to save them in /cdrom/mydsl/...
If you have another location you want to save them in, look up the mydsl= cheatcode

Posted by jhsu on May 25 2007,20:47

I'd like to save the GNU Utilities and MyDSL to the hard drive, not a CD. For GNU Utilities and MyDSL, what is the appropriate directory to save to?

Posted by mikshaw on May 25 2007,21:41

/cdrom is not a CD. It is the directory where DSL is installed (the KNOPPIX and boot files). I assume it is /cdrom because it is a simulated cdrom.

Posted by jhsu on May 25 2007,23:41

Quote (mikshaw @ May 25 2007,17:41)

/cdrom is not a CD. It is the directory where DSL is installed (the KNOPPIX and boot files). I assume it is /cdrom because it is a simulated cdrom.

Which partition of a frugal install contains /cdrom? Is /cdrom in the storage partition? (I have 3 partitions - hda1 is the 55 MB partition with the DSL image, hda2 is the swap drive, and hda3 is the storage partition that takes up most of the hard drive.)

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on May 26 2007,00:31

execute `mount` or open up /etc/mtab to see your current mount points.

It'll probably be hda1.

Posted by jhsu on May 26 2007,00:47

/dev/hda1 on /cdrom type ext2 (rw)

OK, so /cdrom is on partition hda1.

But I thought I'm NOT supposed to save anything to hda1. I thought hda1 is strictly for the CD image and is the portion that gets changed during frugal install upgrades.

Posted by mikshaw on May 26 2007,02:07

As you have only the 55mb available on hda1, you're correct in thinking you won't have any room to save stuff.
You can create a directory named "mydsl" on hda3 and DSL should find it automatically. You should probably delete the mydsl directory from hda1 if you've already created one there.