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Posted: Dec. 05 2006,15:40 QUOTE

Hi again!

Well I'm not sure it will work but most about learning how DSL works is experimenting (trial and error). I'm using DSL-embedded on a CF-card (2 GB) with a PCMCIA-adapter. In this environment I usually make a remaster of just the KNOPPIX-file and copy it to the CF-card and it works perfectly. I've just done just that with the latest version of DSL and writing this post using it. So give it a try!

Have fun experimenting with DSL,
meo


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Posted: Dec. 05 2006,20:36 QUOTE

I should have pointed out that my multiple card reader is
connected with a USB interface, so that is why it is "sda".

I also have DSL on a CF Microdisk with a pcmcia interface.
That is a "hdc".  That is a HD install from a DSL Live CD (not
embeded).

It sounds like you are trying to install DSL to a CF card on a
different computer which can boot DSL from a pendrive, and
then move the CF card to the Compaq IA-1.

Since the Compaq IA-1 has an IDE to CF interface,
another option is to get an IDE/CF adapter for the other
computer that can boot DSL.  Then you should be able to
access the CF card as a "hdx" and try a frugal install.  That
should be close to what the Compaq IA-1 will need.  I havn't
tried that myself, but there are many posts in the forums by
others who use IDE/CF adapters.  The DSL store has them:

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/store/embedded_storage

If you want to try copying the image, then you could look at
the scripts included with DSL.  They are in
/usr/sbin/frugal*.sh.
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Posted: Dec. 06 2006,14:31 QUOTE

rja:

You've described my goal precisely!

I acquired the Compaq IA-1 via eBay and it came with Midori Linux loaded on a 32Mb CF card.  I'm trying to load DSL on a 64Mb CF card ... only I don't have an IDE-CF adapter installed on my WinXP PC and DSL cannot recognize my USB-based memory card reader.


I don't want to purchase an IDE-CF adapter because I'd have very little use for it ... the memory card reader works perfectly (except with DSL).  Just call me 'frugal'.

Last night I was able to start, but not complete, the boot process using a CF card.  I had copied all the files from a 'known-good' USB-flashdrive loaded with DSL 3.1 to a FAT16 formatted CF card (drive G:) and then I ran "syslinux G:".

It looked promising as various boot-up messages displayed and then it crashed. I'll post the question on how to solve that problem in the appropriate forum ... I guess in "USB Booting".
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