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setecio

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Posted: June 09 2008,21:19

Hi

I'm trying the new DSL 4.4 on live CD and have two ext2 partitions on the hard drive which I am trying to access to write some files from them onto CD while in live CD DSL.

I remember in the 3 series that there was a mount tool on the bottom right of the screen to mount partitions and then I could see them in elemfm.

However I don't see that mount tool in 4.4 so things must have changed and I can't find an obvious mount tool in the menus. I'm stuck.

So from a running DSL 4.4 live CD, how can I get access (mount the partition ? )to the files on the hard drive partitions and how do I write them to CD. I have 2 CD drives and the CD writer now has a blank CD-R in it awaiting action, the other has the DSL live CD.

Thanks.

lucky13

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Posted: June 09 2008,23:06

Right click on any of the desktop icons and scroll to mount. Select the partition(s) you want mounted. Do the same to umount when you're finished. You can open windows via icons for the mount points and drag and drop as desired. Read the getting started document for information about how dfm (desktop icons) works for file management tasks.

You can also mount from a terminal or open emelfm (file manager with an icon in the tray along the bottom and a menu entry in apps-tools). Then go to /mnt and find the partition(s) you want to mount. Right click to mount and umount. Etc.

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setecio

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Posted: June 10 2008,08:01

I new it was somthing simple. Thanks.

Unfortunately the default theme/windows/text colours seem to cause problems on my machine and when I go to select files to write to CD the file names are in black and the background of the window is in black so I can't read anything. Similarly the minimise/max button on the frame of Firefox have done the same and disappeared into blackness. Is this peculiar to myself or should I just change the colour theme ?

lucky13

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Posted: June 10 2008,11:46

Do you have the right resolution set up for your video? Did you mess with any of the defaults? Which apps are you using?

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setecio

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Posted: June 10 2008,18:53

I just booted from a new live CD, however I now see a message immediately after I press enter to boot which says

You passed an unidentified mode number, press return to see video modes available or space or wait 30 seconds to continue.

I was just continuing but going into these modes it offers seven rows x columns options, some allow me to see writing in the cd burner app.
80x25,80x50,80x43,80x28,80x30,80x34,80x60

So now I can choose an option to see the writing however I can't work out how to use the thing and burn my files to a CD-R.
Is there a guide to the CD burning app anywhere ?

Thanks.

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