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jhsu

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Posted: May 25 2007,17:09

I found the desktop menu tools for downloading the upgrade to GNU utilities and downloading the MyDSL extensions. But I'm not sure where to go from here.

Where should I be saving the files to? The default directory isn't cutting it, because the files don't survive reboots here.

Once I do save the files to the appropriate place, how do I install the GNU utilities and the MyDSL extensions?

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Current cheatcodes:
kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal home=hda3 opt=hda3 restore=hda3 root=hda3

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Posted: May 25 2007,19:15

Ah, guess the mydsl page for autobooting hasn't been updated yet... you could always check the notes page for the most recent changes. (but maybe / still works?) Namely this:

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* Simplified MyDSL structure using the level 1 default autoscanned /mydsl directory or user specified level one directory which contains extensions, and optionally the 'optional' subdirectory and/or a 'modules' subdirectory. Dropped now unneeded 'modules' boot time option and support for extensions at level 1.

In other words, you'll probably want to save them in /cdrom/mydsl/...
If you have another location you want to save them in, look up the mydsl= cheatcode

jhsu

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Posted: May 25 2007,20:47

I'd like to save the GNU Utilities and MyDSL to the hard drive, not a CD. For GNU Utilities and MyDSL, what is the appropriate directory to save to?

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Current cheatcodes:
kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal home=hda3 opt=hda3 restore=hda3 root=hda3

mikshaw

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Posted: May 25 2007,21:41

/cdrom is not a CD. It is the directory where DSL is installed (the KNOPPIX and boot files). I assume it is /cdrom because it is a simulated cdrom.

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jhsu

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Posted: May 25 2007,23:41

Quote (mikshaw @ May 25 2007,17:41)

/cdrom is not a CD. It is the directory where DSL is installed (the KNOPPIX and boot files). I assume it is /cdrom because it is a simulated cdrom.

Which partition of a frugal install contains /cdrom? Is /cdrom in the storage partition? (I have 3 partitions - hda1 is the 55 MB partition with the DSL image, hda2 is the swap drive, and hda3 is the storage partition that takes up most of the hard drive.)

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Current cheatcodes:
kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal home=hda3 opt=hda3 restore=hda3 root=hda3

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