Auto cheat codes and extensions?
Forum: USB booting
Topic: Auto cheat codes and extensions?
started by: eco2geek
Posted by eco2geek on Aug. 15 2005,03:23
Booting and running DSL off a 512M USB stick. Great stuff.Can someone please point me to a forum post or documentation page that tells me how to:
- Input my desired cheatcodes automatically;
- Load all the saved extensions (*.dsl) on sda2 in the correct order (I guess ALSA needs this); and, finally,
- Automatically run the "Install ALSA" script?
It'd be great to have all this done automatically, rather than having to do it manually.
Thanks!
P.S. How about a "Damn Big Linux" version that takes up, say, ~300-400M, for those with large USB keys?
Posted by cbagger01 on Aug. 18 2005,16:16
1. Edit the syslinux.cfg file and add your cheatcodes to the line for the DEFAULT configuration.2. Extensions are loaded in alphabetical order based on extension type. So if you want an extension to load last, rename it to begin with zzz_oldname.dsl for example.
3. The Install ALSA script will run automatically if you place alsadebs.dsl and the other required extensions (dsl-dpkg.dsl and gnu-utils.dsl) in the root myDSL directory.
PS: Ke4nt1 has a "Damn Big Linux"-like project for DSL. Contact him here for more info or search the forums.
Posted by ke4nt1 on Aug. 18 2005,19:30
Here is a sample of both the extension CD's and DVD's ,and the ' Limited Edition ' DSL pocket CD that we distributed
at LinuxWorld - August 2005.
Blue print - 650Mb CD ... Black Print - 1.6Gb DVD
White Print - 50Mb BizCD ... All bootable !!
Maybe this BizCD will be a collectors item one day!!
I have a handfull left .. If your interested ,
respond to the website listed in my sig..
Those of you who waited for new masters of DSL 1.4,
..thanks.. They have already shipped out ..
73
ke4nt
Posted by ke4nt1 on Aug. 21 2005,02:21
Another pic..Like the t-shirt ??
73
ke4nt
Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Aug. 21 2005,05:02
DSL T-shirt~FOR GREAT JUSTICE!!!
Posted by eco2geek on Sep. 06 2005,06:20
Forgot to say: Thanks for the info. Adding the cheatcodes to syslinux.cfg works like a charm.Thanks also to the creator of the fine USB-ZIP installation script.
Now if I could get my Samsung ML-1710 printer working...
And do I have to remember to back up my configuration each time before I reboot, or is there a way to do it automatically?
(Sorry, just greedy.)
P.S. What all is on those CDs and DVDs, anyway? <edit> Never mind, < I see >.
Posted by adssse on Sep. 06 2005,14:33
ke4nt1, are those tshirts being sold anywhere or are they something printed up for the expo?
Posted by cbagger01 on Sep. 06 2005,16:14
Once you specify a backup device, your backups should be done automatically upon shutdown.Look for a "backing up blah blah" message to appear as part of the shutdown message.
Posted by ke4nt1 on Sep. 06 2005,19:47
Adssse,Yes,
The T-Shirts are planned as an addition to the DSL store.
I had them made for the LinuxWorld Convention,
but they were such a hit, we discussed having a quantity made.
(even the mepis folks at LW were asking if we had any for sale!)
Stay Tuned..
73
ke4nt
Posted by eco2geek on Sep. 06 2005,21:00
| Quote (cbagger01 @ Sep. 06 2005,09:14) |
| Once you specify a backup device, your backups should be done automatically upon shutdown. |
Wow, even better!
(Sometime soon, someone will probably make a DSL extension that includes all the current CUPS printer drivers. Hint, hint.)
The best part of DSL's USB key installation scripts is that they can be used as templates to get other distros going from a USB key. For example, there's an interesting distro named < CPX-Mini >, based on < Kanotix > (my main distro), but its "install to USB key" script only uses USB-HDD geometry (and GRUB rather than SysLinux). My mobo won't boot it for some reason. So there's a good possibility I can use the commands in DSL's USB-ZIP installation script to format, partition, and install a bootloader (probably SysLinux) so that CPX-Mini boots correctly.
One would assume that, after the proper key geometry is set by the DSL script, it doesn't need to be done again.