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Topic: Struggling to Remaster, Need DSL to completely load into RAM

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casio

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Posted: Sep. 22 2005,13:29

I thought that DSL loaded completely into ram however on doing a remaster using the routine on the menu, I created a myconfig.tar.gz containing all files/directories that I need for uucp which includes /usr .However when the disk boots up (set to auto load to ram) I get a permission denied stating /usr was read only!.

Please help as I really need to create a Disk whereby it boots into ram and allows for the use of uucp.

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mikshaw

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Posted: Sep. 22 2005,15:00

Rename the file to myconfig.dsl. That will cause it to run the mkwriteable script so you can write to /usr. DSL does not load entirely to ram...most files are initially just symlinks to the KNOPPIX file system.
Using the 'toram' boot option might also work, but i can't remember if you need to still run mkwriteable.

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casio

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Posted: Sep. 22 2005,15:44

Thanks for that. The remastered disk is designed to run with toram and does do this , but do you mean typing it at the boot prompt again?

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mikshaw

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Posted: Sep. 22 2005,15:50

If it's already running toram, then there's no need to add it manually. I guess it must load the KNOPPIX directory read-only as i suspected. If you load the file as a myDSL app with a *.dsl extension, it should work. Another option is to boot with the "write" boot option to automatically run mkwriteable (assuming it runs before extensions are loaded?).

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casio

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Posted: Sep. 22 2005,18:38

Right - still not a 100 % as some of the files required were from other packages which were installed when uucp was via apt-get.

However I have just discovered that these *.deb files are sitting on the system under /ramdisk/var/cache/apt/archives. Is there any way to install these upon boot up ? The only problem would be postfix as it does start a wizard type screen asking questions which could be entered through I suppose.

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