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

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Mark D Keith
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Posted: Oct. 20 2004,03:13

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I tried remastering the DSL with Firefox in the Bootload directory but still have to manually use file to activate it. I was trying to make that when DSL loaded would load some HTML files automaticly. As using CSS sheets the default readers don't read them well.

The CD ia a collection of internet info of a Playstation Game (EverQuest Online Adventures). aka Maps, quest info, wallpaper etc. And wanted the inital html to load automactly if booted with DSL, already autoruns on winboxs if the feature is allowed.
GOAL: user friendly, if placed in cd while in windows uses default browser
if placed in already linux runing do same (think found what I need to do to work in redhat 9)
if booted then DSL pulls up html with firefox in the .xinitrc (still working as firefox not loading at boot, even in the
Bootload directory.

Any clues be helpful
Mark <lover_of_lycra@cox.net>

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noclobber

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Posted: Oct. 20 2004,03:29

Quote (meo @ Sep. 22 2004,13:51)

I have found some peculiarities with the newest version of DSL when it comes to remastering. It doesn't seem possible to add new directories to the source.

meo,

Do you happen to recall what was the last version of DSL that allowed adding new directories to the source of a remaster? I've been struggling with that very problem with DSL 0.8.2. I'm thinking that maybe combining DSL 0.8.2 with an earlier CD's boot files/method might do the trick, or perhaps I should just go with an earlier DSL version altogether.

http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....;t=3001

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meo

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Posted: Oct. 20 2004,10:12

noclobber!

I think that DSL 0.8 was the last version that would accept copying whole directories to the source without problems. Note thogh that it was possible to copy the "backgrounds" directory to /source/etc/skel/.fluxbox in the most recent version of DSL 0.8.2. Hope this is of any help!

Keep on having fun everybody,
meo

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tiny_fan
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Posted: Oct. 25 2004,20:58

OK, I understand this re-mastering process pretty well but I'm just not getting one point.

#mkisofs -R /mnt/hda3/source | create_compressed_fs - 65536 > /mnt/hda3/newcd/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX

#mkisofs -r -J -b boot.img -c boot.cat -o mydsl.iso newcd

at no point in this command do we specify to include the KNOPPIX image that contains our modified file system.

How does the KNOPPIX file get onto the iso with boot.img and boot.cat?

Thanks
Jeff

Mark D Keith
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Posted: Oct. 25 2004,23:36

The KNOPPIX is in the ISO image cause it's in the "newcd" directoery specified during the second mkisofs placed there by the first one

#mkisofs -R /mnt/hda3/source | create_compressed_fs - 65536 > /mnt/hda3/newcd/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX
^^^^^-------------------------
#mkisofs -r -J -b boot.img -c boot.cat -o mydsl.iso newcd
^^^^^

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