Noob - Modifying What DSL Boots to

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: Noob - Modifying What DSL Boots to
started by: webs05

Posted by webs05 on Feb. 10 2005,20:04

As you can probably tell already I am a noob. But my fascination with Linux is off the charts. Like many computer techies I did not know how amazing Linuz OS's have become in the last few years, and because of this I have not really payed attention to it till recently.
Anyways, at work one of the guys I work with introduced me to Knoppix and I fell in love. Our idea to implement it at work is to strip it down to only running Mozilla Firefox, and use it for the "walk-up email stations" we have at various locations. These computer that it will run on will be AMD about 1.5-1.7Mhz with 256mb ram, and hopefully no hard drive. From what I have read in the forums, it seems like we will have to remaster it, which is similar to modifying the files so that it boots with the required things we want. If this is correct please let me know.
Also we would want to create a user that only has access to running Mozilla. If this is feasible please let me know.
If anyone does help me I would be very gracious and would like to thank you ahead of time. I have only started my journey with Linux this month and I realize I have a lot to learn, but a jumpstart would really help me and the guys I work with. Thank you for your time.

Posted by AwPhuch on Feb. 11 2005,03:06

Quote (webs05 @ Feb. 10 2005,15:04)

Those will be some mega pympin rigs running only a web-browser!!!

Im sure if you ask one of the remaster "Super-Gods" They could easily whip something up for you...and even perhaps make it boot "toram" which would make it almost instantaneous!

Very novel idea and with those kinds of system specs running DSL in thiat for from a CF disk (no harddrive, cdrom) would make it even more powerful and secure for your business...

Good post and a very good start for someone with only 1 post...nice forum ettiquete

Brian
AwPhuch

Posted by webs05 on Feb. 11 2005,14:00

Thank you for your help AwPhuch, I will try to find a Remaster God.

Posted by mikshaw on Feb. 11 2005,15:08

I think it would be a waste of ram to boot toram when you want to use only Firefox.

Posted by skaos on Feb. 11 2005,15:12

Search the forum for the word kiosk - it may be a first step.

Posted by webs05 on Feb. 11 2005,21:07

Thanks skaos. I found a remastered version of DSL that has just mozilla, and a user account with access to mozilla only at boothbox.sourceforge.net. This will really help me get started. Also user clivesay has been a lot of help and is getting me started on remastering DSL to my liking.

Posted by Rapidweather on Feb. 11 2005,23:05

If one does not boot toram, then the cdrom drive will spin every once in a while as you use Firefox to surf the web. That means a small delay. But, it can crash every so often if you boot toram, and there is no cdrom access allowed after the initial boot up. Have to test it both ways, to see how the users like it.
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Posted by skaos on Feb. 24 2005,14:00

If you're still around, you could take a look at the DSL-based < http://kioskcd.com/ >