DSL instead of virtual PC

Forum: DSL Embedded
Topic: DSL instead of virtual PC
started by: sulkifix

Posted by sulkifix on June 14 2005,07:22

Hi,

I have a Windows 2000 or a NT4.0 system, on which i have to run a linux program. I want to use DSL for this.
But there are some steps I have to go through first.
1. I can't log on as root. su asks for a password i didnt know.
sudo passwd doesnt work.

2. I can't read the local filesystem of my harddisk.
Neither NTFS nor FAT32.
sudo mount /dev/hdaN /mnt/hda
doesent work. For N I guess all numbers up to 10.

3. I can't save changed data. After shutting down a folder created the user DIR is gone.

Thanks for help
Sulkifix

Posted by cbagger01 on June 14 2005,16:31

1. I don't understand. If you do a

sudo passwd

or a

sudo su
passwd

It should work for this session. But keep in mind that you are using a livecd read-only filesystem, so your new password will be saved to the RAMdisk. When you reboot, your RAMdisk is wiped and the password change is lost. So you need to use the DSL backup/restore process in order to keep your user settings.

2. If you are running DSL embedded (QEMU window), then it is not possible to read your "real" hard drives. QEMU is a tiny virtual computer and this virtual computer does not have access to your "real" hardware. However, it is possible to connect to your "real" hard drive via Windows networking to your DSL QEMU session. You can Share your C: drive and then use the smbclient program to transfer files between DSL and your network share.

3. See answer for #1

Posted by sulkifix on June 15 2005,07:01

Hi,

OK so things become difficult. Because SMB is not the kind of software i like to use, i tried to send me an email. Now there is another problem. I cant open the zipfile with the data. Unknown zip format. I tried different programs and so on. Und a "real" Linux machine I can open the zip file.

Sulkifix

Posted by Mark D Keith on June 18 2005,07:07

Just a quick Kudos to DSL Embedded

Used it to work issues with FreeBSD file server I been playing with. Was great to able to SSH into the file server to tweek smb.conf file, restart services, in side the Qmenu then trying again to get windows to map the netdrive. so much better than trying to walk back in forth between the two computers.

Thanks again.