Search Members Help

» Welcome Guest
[ Log In :: Register ]

Mini-ITX Boards Sale, Fanless BareBones Mini-ITX, Bootable 1G DSL USBs, 533MHz Fanless PC <-- SALE $200 each!
Get The Official Damn Small Linux Book. DSL Market , Great VPS hosting provided by Tektonic
Pages: (3) </ 1 [2] 3 >/

[ Track this topic :: Email this topic :: Print this topic ]

reply to topic new topic new poll
Topic: Repository now online< Next Oldest | Next Newest >
pvb Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 4
Joined: May 2004
Posted: May 28 2004,04:43 QUOTE

Hi John.

I was wondering if you could add a boot option that turned off the myDSL packages. If I have to boot up a system with limited resources, I don't want my firefox install taking up room on the ramdrive. I don't want to carry two versions of the boot cd with me. One base, and one custom.

something like this maybe:
   mydsl=no

Keep up the good work.
Thanks.
pvb.
Back to top
Profile PM 
John Offline





Group: Super Administrators
Posts: 697
Joined: Sep. 2003
Posted: May 28 2004,05:22 QUOTE

pvb, Robert has already put some time into this, expect that option in 0.7.1.

cbagger01, we're all looking forward to them.
Back to top
Profile PM 
PhrozenFear Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 127
Joined: Feb. 2004
Posted: May 29 2004,05:18 QUOTE

If I could get my hands on another PC, I'd gladly put in time on this.

However, the last time I did, I ended up with an extension that didn't work - you'd install it, and then it wouldn't work.  =\  Looks like Java's still gotta be downloaded...


--------------
>>PhrozenFear

73, VE6MSP

I find your lack of penguin disturbing. -- Darth Tux
Back to top
Profile PM ICQ AOL MSN YIM 
ke4nt1 Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 2329
Joined: Oct. 2003
Posted: May 29 2004,15:12 QUOTE

Well, don't quit now !!

Sounds like you've already made progress on it...
If you can install it, you can rebuild it into a .dsl extension...

73
ke4nt
Back to top
Profile PM 
Rapidweather Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 375
Joined: Jan. 2004
Posted: May 29 2004,21:24 QUOTE

About using DSL with Dell computers.
I have one, and for some reason, if you put a /knoppix folder on the hard drive,
a boot floppy cannot find it.
Dell uses /dev/hde2 for winXP, and /dev/hde1 for the restore (accessed by the cd dell gives you)
Apparently Knoppix cannot find the /knoppix on /dev/hde2.
---
Could it be that Microsoft and Dell came up with this setup so no Knoppix could
be run in this manner?
---
Not to worry, one can still boot from the Damn Small CD, and then "knoppix restore toram" for maximum performance. That will prevent the Damn Small CD from being ejected each time you power down. Just set the boot order to CDROM->Hard Drive
---
I do this anyway, as it is faster on machines that have enough ram than booting from a floppy to access a /knoppix folder on the hard drive.
---
Also, there is a dsl extension (somewhere) that allows a /home/damnsmall/.xserverrc to be automatically placed in /home/damnsmall so you do not have to do the xsetup.sh choices each time you boot the Dell.
(Xserver, mouse, screen size and resolution)
---
This can also be done in a remaster.
---
:;):


--------------
Rapidweather Remaster of DSL:
http://www.angelfire.com/ms/telegram/getting_started.html
Rapidweather Remaster of Knoppix Linux:
http://www.geocities.com/rapidweather/getting_started.html
Screenshots:
http://www.rapidweather.com/linuxcdsales.html
Back to top
Profile PM WEB 
13 replies since May 27 2004,05:42 < Next Oldest | Next Newest >

[ Track this topic :: Email this topic :: Print this topic ]

Pages: (3) </ 1 [2] 3 >/
reply to topic new topic new poll
Quick Reply: Repository now online

Do you wish to enable your signature for this post?
Do you wish to enable emoticons for this post?
Track this topic
View All Emoticons
View iB Code