Modifying DSL

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: Modifying DSL
started by: bandit

Posted by bandit on Nov. 05 2003,17:39

Sorry if I've missed this in the FAQs/message boards (I did try to search them thoroughly), but I have just discovered this site and I was wondering if there was any way for a user to make a custom DSL CD.

For example, if I wanted to get vim on there and also my .vimrc and .vim directory, or mutt or whatever else, is it possible for me to take DSL and change it and make a new CD -- this would make life VERY civilised if I was ever away from my computer and having to use someone else's.

Is this possible? Is this easy? Is this pushing my luck?

Cheers,

Al

Posted by KevB on Nov. 05 2003,17:43

In theory you could do that, but I'm not sure if DSL supports it, Knoppix does so maybe you'll be lucky. Do a search for, remaster.

Posted by TyphoonMentat on Nov. 07 2003,17:53

Remastering is identical to how you do it in KNOPPIX. Just make sure you get the correct cloop utils version, otherwise the compressed image won't work.

Posted by rcasler on Nov. 07 2003,18:21

Possible? Yes.

Easy? Pretty Much.

Pushing your luck? Nuh-uh.

Check out the knoppix remastering howto: < http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/KnoppixRemasteringHowto >

However, if you use the current knoppix to boot from and generate the cloop and iso files, it won't work. The newer knoppix releases use a version of the cloop-utils that is too new for the current damn small base. I found the easiest thing to do was use a hard-drive install of damn small instead of knoppix. You can also take a peek at < http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....3;t=247 >

Posted by PadMan on Dec. 09 2003,10:32

Hi,

The Knoppix howto is excellent but my ver 0.5 of DSL dose not seem to has mkisofs.

I have got to the part: Now we'll make the big KNOPPIX file which is a cloop compressed ISO 9660 filesystem : mkisofs -R -U -V "KNOPPIX.net filesystem" -P "KNOPPIX www.knoppix.net" -hide-rr-moved -cache-inodes -no-bak -pad /mnt/hda1/knx/source/KNOPPIX | nice -5 /usr/bin/create_compressed_fs - 65536 > /mnt/hda1/knx/master/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX

I have folowed the how to step by step.

Please help

Many thanx

Posted by Guest on Dec. 10 2003,00:12

I'd like to alter my DSL too, but in a rather aggressive way; I'd like to alter the kernel to add in support for the forcedeth (< url >) driver for the nforce* NIC, as I can't currently connect through the LAN to the internet (damn NVidia for using a non-standard spec NIC)

How might I go about doing this? I'm worried about the breaking the auto-detection, and about my own ignorance :\