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Topic: 3 Questions, syslinux.cfg, remaster & SDL

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eedok

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Posted: Jan. 25 2005,19:18

Well I've got 3 questions about DSL on my USB stick, so here it goes:
1) I'd like to be able to use things like ALSA, and gcc most the time, but whenever I edit syslinux.cfg(even if I don't change anything and just save) it goes undefined keyword in syslinux.cfg when I try to boot off the jumpdrive, and continues to do so until I redo an install to USB Drive from the livecd(which is a pain cause then I gotta restore the data).
2) Is there any way to remaster DSL with the current extensions in use? Do I need to mkmydsl to a CD-RW then boot off the CD-RW then redo an install to USB from the liveCD, or is there an easier way to skip all that and have it on my jumpdrive?
3) Is there any way to install SDL-Dev libs( http://libsdl.org ) so I can develop in SDL while I'm on the go?

Other than that I don't know what I can say about your distro, it really amazed me.

Caspar_s

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Posted: Jan. 27 2005,00:22

1) I'd like to be able to use things like ALSA, and gcc most the time, but whenever I edit syslinux.cfg

You're trying to load the gcc.dsl and alsa.dsl through syslinux.cfg?

2) Is there any way to remaster DSL with the current extensions in use?

Extensions being the dsl files? (like above)

If you're using a pendrive, you just add the ones you want all the time in the "root" (along with the syslinux.cfg file) and any others you want available, but not all the time in a new directory called /optional

3) Is there any way to install SDL-Dev libs( http://libsdl.org ) so I can develop in SDL while I'm on the go?

No idea on this one - it does have a .deb available though which is a good thing - do a search for deb2dsl.

eedok

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Posted: Jan. 27 2005,05:23

1) so I don't have to type in dsl alsa everytime I boot
2) Is there a method on how to do this? Do I just untar to /cdrom(where the usb drive is mounted), or is there more to it?
3) wow thanks on this one.

cbagger01

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Posted: Jan. 27 2005,11:01

Try editing your syslinux.cfg file using a linux text editor.

Microsoft wordpad and notepad can mangle this file.

You should boot from livecd before editing this file (in other words, don't boot with the bootfloppy until after you have edited and saved the file).