MyDSL

Forum: HD Install
Topic: MyDSL
started by: FunGogh

Posted by FunGogh on Oct. 09 2005,03:25

Hi there. For some reason I am not able to get downloaded extensions to save/restore. Maybe it is not possible, or it requires some manual adjustment. I am running DSL 1.5 (frugal) with home and opt on a seperate partition. Downloading extensions doesn't seem to be a problem, they get installed, I get my desktop icon and they run. My problem is to save them permanent. Is there a way to install extensions including all required files to my home partition, or do I have to manually search for all installed files - which seem to go all over the place (different folders) - and add them to my filetool.lst? I'm thankful for any hint to solve my problem.

Posted by joer on Oct. 09 2005,04:22

On a frugal install, I just open a root shell and copy the ones that I want to keep from the default /tmp to /cdrom
YMMV

Posted by FunGogh on Oct. 09 2005,11:55

joer,

Thanks a lot, that works, and it was that easy

Posted by FunGogh on Oct. 09 2005,12:32

BTW, you can change the path from "/tmp" to "/cdrom" by editing "/opt/.mydsl_dir".

Posted by isiman on Oct. 12 2005,03:26

Hello, I am new to DSL - this being my first post - and find that it is fantastic (frugal install, toram; home=hda1 opt=hda1).
My problem is very similar to this, I am able to download the myDSL files, and install them fine, they work, no problems, but as soon as I restart the computer the files are not installed anymore.
I have tried to copy the files from the /tmp directory, to the /cdrom directory as mentioned above but this too does not work. Am I doing something wrong - or am i missing a vital step (as far as i can see, /cdrom gets written over on startup)

I am trying to setup a simple Azureus server, which I can VNC into from on the network.
This brings me to the second question - how can I setup the DSL distro to automaticly start the vnc server, and Azureus upon startup?

Thankyou for any help, sorry if the questions have been answered previously, I have tried the search with no avail.

Posted by mikshaw on Oct. 12 2005,04:20

When you use the "toram" option, everything is copied into RAM. In this case, the contents of /cdrom are no longer needed and so it is umounted.
If /cdrom is not mounted, you are copying files into an empty mount point.
You'll need to do one of the following to save your extensions...
1) Don't use toram. From my experience, running toram with frugal doesn't really make a lot of difference, unless you have a slow harddrive. There is a little difference, but is it worth using up that extra ram?
2) Mount the device containing KNOPPIX and then copy the files there.
3) Copy the files to hda1 and use the boot option "mydsl=hda1".

IMPORTANT!!!:
If hda1 is the partition containing KNOPPIX, then ignore those 3 suggestions, as you will encounter errors when combining the opt and home options without using toram. Instead, mount /dev/hda1 and copy the files there. In this case hda1 is the same thing as /cdrom with a non-toram setup.