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Posted: June 28 2005,02:06 QUOTE

Hi,

Not sure if 'noclobber' is still following this post?

Have used the above fulsome instructions to prepare a new ISO from my HD installation, based on DSL 1.2.1.

Strangely enough, I think that this is the only post on preparation of a new DSL CD from a HD install.  Many thanks to 'noclobber'.

Aside from a couple of changes to the scripts - only changed by reference to the 'mkmydsl' script, not because I actually understand what I am doing!

To the 'mkdslcd' script, in the mkisofs command, added '-v', changed '-no-pad' to '-pad' and changed  '-boot-load-size 4' to '-boot-load-size 32'.

To the 'mkknoppix' script, in the mkisofs command, added '-b' to the 'create_compressed_fs' instruction.

All went well and a nice 'dsl4me.iso' was written.

Booted with the newly written CD and the machine booted fine, except a series of 'read only file' errors went past.  For example, when processing the 'knoppix-autoconfigure' script.

Clearly a problem with what is marked read-only.

Any suggestions gratefully received.

Regards,

Geoff.
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Posted: June 30 2005,08:25 QUOTE

nick work! good boy!!:p :p
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Posted: July 10 2005,03:44 QUOTE

oh god you guys have minor problems and i have the problem that I have not even the slightest idea what those magical scripts do
i think pure command line would be better, and using
export variables like $DSL_LIVE_CD_MOUNT or $DSL_PARTITION would be helpful too ... anyway i will soon give it a try :D
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Posted: July 10 2005,07:53 QUOTE

Actually, I don't really know what the scripts do!  It just a case of trial and error - rather like figuring out what the scripts don't do!

Look forward to your success and report on same!
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Posted: July 23 2005,05:16 QUOTE

Hi, noclobber.

I just tried this today for fun and it appears to have worked flawlessly. I see no boot time errors and the apps I added run fine. I do alot of remastering the old fashioned way so this was fun to try.

I think once you make a live cd of a HD install you cannot go back and do a HD install again. That is why you were getting errors I believe. Still this makes a great CD or Frugal install.

The only thing I suggest to people is to not make a bunch of coasters. After creating the compressed image, just put it at /mnt/hda8/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX. Then boot the live CD and enter 'dsl fromhd=/dev/hda8'. That allows you to test the image before creating an iso.

Nice work

Chris
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