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Topic: My beef with DLS 8.0, What the hell?

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cbagger01

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Posted: Aug. 31 2004,02:05

If you are doing this with a full hdinstall, you should be able to manually install the *.uci files to your hard disk. Assuming that *.uci are similar to *.ci, then this should work in theory, but keep in mind that I have not tried it yet:

(1) Rename the uci file to a slightly different name, say "firefox1.uci"
(2) Boot up and mount the *.uci with emelfm.
(3) Open an xterm and type:

sudo su
mkdir /opt/firefox
cp -a /opt/firefox1/* /opt/firefox/
exit

(4) Then unmount the *.uci file. It should be no longer needed.

Hopefully I got the cp copy command correct, you may need to tweak it a little bit but you get the general idea.

Hope this helps.

roberts

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Posted: Aug. 31 2004,02:16

Why would someone would go to the trouble to "install" a cloop application whether it is .ci or .uci to a hard drive. If you have a hard drive, use the package management system that is available. You can use apt or Synaptic, so easy. It is better to have a package managment system when available. The extensions were designed for those running liveCD or other compressed image versions.

mpie

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Posted: Aug. 31 2004,04:00

apt-get is not working as well as it was they have changed, their repositories wich is now making things trickier......
an example is the syanptic script no longer works.....
also other parts such as the mentors.debian.net are no longer usable with the synaptic.dsl..........
for some programs there are so many files to remember......

roberts

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Posted: Aug. 31 2004,04:49

We are getting a little off topic here, but...
If you want to have your ci (0.7.x) or uci (0.8.x) mount at boot time for a hard drive installed system, then add mydsl-load path_to_your_ci/filename.ci to your /opt/bootlocal.sh

Back on topic:
The main reason the Knoppix went to isolinux is for more room.
Syslinux represented a boot floppy image and in order to support more hardware at boot time, there is simply not enough room in 1.44MB. I know, as I am sure they know, that there are other variations for syslinux. Using isolinux breaks this floppy size limitation. That is how Knoppix and other 3.4+ based distros support more boot time hardware.

Now if you are getting a checksum error, I think that should indicate a local error, dirty cdrom reader, or possible bad or marginal burn. We were getting this "problems" at the last release too. I am not saying isolinux solves everything, but it sure allows us developers more room to be creative.

iscraigh2

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Posted: Aug. 31 2004,04:58

Strangely I get this error in Virtual PC when adding Firefox to the ISO. I tried adding the .uci, .ci, .Tar. the result was always the same error. works fine on 7.3 works fine with other extensions just not firefox. makes me go Hmmmm

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