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Topic: ReMastering HOWTO for DSL, Also for newbies and other enthusiasts

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meo

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Posted: April 12 2006,11:40

Okidoki shui!

It looks OK to me. My more or less educated guess would be that you might not have enough memory. Your post doesn't say. I have 256 MB ram and 1 GB swap and I know that is sufficient. It might be as simple as that.

Have fun and good luck,
meo

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Posted: April 13 2006,14:32

About using apt-get, the real one

apt-get and dpkg are both debian packages
Forget knoppix, because knoppix is a subproduct of debian
Using apt and dpkg suppose first to have the libs they are needed. These libs arent in damnsmall or have beeen deleted. Damnsmall is a i should say, a "locked system" tahts to say, without any deep changes, you can only use the dsl packages

To recover apt and dpkg,
you must first reopen the system with some files whose haev to be installed,
then install the libs there are needed....and transform your damnsmall into a little debian
Then install apt-get and dpkg
and then make an update of the system

Sorry for my "cloudy" explications but if you are using a debian and understand how it works you know what i mean. Have a look on my "remastering Damnsmall 2.2"

meo

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Posted: April 14 2006,10:34

Hello loup!

I'm sorry to say that your post didn't enlighten me much about using apt-get in remastering. I really like DSL and it is fun to use. I have used debian but not now since DSL is the better choice for me. I have used it for a couple of years now and it is great so thank you to all the developers from me. Keep up the good work! I have made a remaster of the last 2.4RC1 and it works just like a charm. I haven't suceeded in doing an apt-get remaster yet, but I'm working on it.

Have fun Y'all,
meo

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Posted: April 14 2006,18:05

hello meo
im wondering if you can without having a debian installed, because apt-get is a debian package. As i said Damnsmall is a locked system,
A lot of repertories and files have been deleted.
Have a look with google about the files "status" and "avalaible" you will learn how to lock a system.
With my method, i copied libs and files from my existing debian into my dsl decrompressed, had to make new links.....and after that i chrooted into dsl andinstalled glibc, apt-get, dpkg....and update the system
Let me know

meo

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Posted: April 18 2006,17:50

Hello guys!

Finally, based on clackers post about apt-get, I'm posting a remastering HOWTO using apt-get. Here it comes:

Apt-Get Ram-Remastering HOWTO for DSL

Mount the partitions needed
#mount –rw /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1

Create the directories needed
#mkdir source newcd newcd/KNOPPIX

Copy necessary files to the newcd directory
#cp –Rp /cdrom/boot newcd
#cp –Rp /cdrom/lost+found newcd
#cp –Rp /cdrom/index.html newcd

Copy the sources to the proper directory
#cp –Rp /KNOPPIX/* source
#cp –Rp /KNOPPIX/.bash_profile source

Go through and copy wanted things to source
#cp –Rp /mnt/hda1/backgrounds source/etc/skel/.fluxbox
#cp –Rp /mnt/hda1/styles/* source/usr/share/fluxbox/styles

Copy dsl-dpkg to source/home/dsl and install
#cp dsl-dpkg.dsl source/home/dsl
#chroot source
#cd home/dsl
#tar -zxvf dsl-dpkg.dsl –same-owner -C /
#rm dsl-dpkg.dsl

(edit source/etc/apt/sources.list to change from oldstable to stable; just delete old)
#apt-get update
#apt-get install PackageOfYourChoice
#agt-get clean
#exit

Create the custom compressed image file
#mkisofs –R source | create_compressed_fs - 65536 > newcd/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX

REMOVE the Source dir to gain space and make it work

Create the iso-file as follows
#mkisofs –no-pad –l –r –J –no-emul-boot –boot-load-size 4 –boot-info-table –b
boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin –c boot/isolinux/boot.cat –hide-rr-moved –o mydsl.iso newcd

Copy the iso-file to the partition where you have your favourite cd-burning program
#cp mydsl.iso /mnt/hda1

I used this remaster to install gcc and it worked just fine using the stable sources. I didn't have to force anything. It just worked. I guess you can use unstable sources and make it work also. So it might just be a matter of what you want to accomplish.

Have fun out there in cyberspace,
meo

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