cbagger01
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Posted: Sep. 02 2004,12:48 |
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1. Yes you can add/subtract applications to the CD iso using a process called "remastering". Unfortunately it can be a difficult process if you don't know what you are doing and the DSL 0.8.0 version needs a different method to remaster.
Fortunately, you can add any myDSL extension programs to a new CD-R without much trouble. Try searching the forum for keywords like "WINSISO" or "optional" and choose "search all forums" and "search from the begginning or newer".
2. DSL saves your custom chosen configuration files into a compressed tar archive file (kinda like a "*.zip" file in MSWindows) and can automatically restore it from a floppy drive, a USB flash drive, or a hard drive (or even a CD but it is read-only) on bootup. Try reading the howtos and other documents on the DSL website and on the DSL CDROM disk. Also, you can search the forum on "filetool.lst" for some additional information.
FYI, Linux (including DSL) can not easily write to a Windows NT/2000/XP natively formatted hard drive type called "NTFS", but it can read them without any problems. It can read and write to MSDOS/Win95/98/ME formatted partition types called "FAT", "FAT16" or "FAT32".
3. Yes, you can do this but it is not easily supported by built-in backup/restore scripts. Expect to spend some time fiddling around with the CD burning programs that are available and also fiddling around with the DSL backup/restore process. Somebody has been trying to do this already. Maybe you can find it by searching for "multisession" but I am not sure.
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