iB::Topic::Save MyDSL installation

	Damn Small Linux :: Damn Small Linux Board The DSL Forums

» Welcome Guest
[ Log In :: Register ]

Damn Small Linux Board » Damn Small Linux » DSL Embedded » Save MyDSL installation

		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: (5) </ 1 2 3 [4] 5 >/

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

Topic: Save MyDSL installation, How to save Mydsl

< Next Oldest | Next Newest >

roberts

Group: Members
Posts: 4983
Joined: Oct. 2003

Posted: Feb. 22 2006,22:59

MGDsl,
I have looked into Linux inside Linux and the dsl-linux.bat file. What I find is distressing. Not anything that I can have control over as the internals of DSL is fine.

However, what I did find is that sometimes the append options were honored and sometimes not. Just having the modules=hdb, I could see that cloop was loaded and installed. Then adding mydsl=hdb would be ignored. Removing the modules clause results in the extensions trying to load but errors occured because the cloop module wasn't loaded. Sometimes, on occasion both clauses would work.

The only error I get from the Linux version of Qemu is a suggestion to host on a Linux 2.6 kernel because of timing issues.

So bottom line, DSL, internals and DSL hosted on Windows shows no problems. DSL hosted on Linux is a mixed bag.

I would suggest that you compile a Linux Qemu executeable for your particular target Linux host or possibly obtain a Qemu executeable for your particular Linux distro, or try your append clause failures question on the Qemu support site or finally try the qemu with -cdrom option and forgo having easy access to boot time options that the Qemu -kernel option provides.

Edited by roberts on Feb. 22 2006,23:00

MGDsl

Group: Members
Posts: 6
Joined: Feb. 2006

Posted: Feb. 23 2006,09:36

Thanks,

a bunch of good replies to work with!

pr0f3550r

Group: Members
Posts: 378
Joined: Dec. 2005

Posted: Feb. 24 2006,16:40

I have problems with cloop on windows, too.

Code Sample

dsl@box:~$ mydsl-load /mnt/hdb/opera850.uci
/dev/cloop1: No such device or address

And then a message pops up on screen: "Please mount media containing optional dir and try again".

All this in standard dsl-embedded 2.0.
No problems instead with Qemu + iso2.0

--------------
THE QEMU FORUM: http://qemu.dad-answers.com/index.php

QEMU ON WINDOWS: http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/

How to use floppy, CD-ROM and hard disk - http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/HowToFloppyCdrom-en.html

How to use network - http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/HowToNetwork-en.html

roberts

Group: Members
Posts: 4983
Joined: Oct. 2003

Posted: Feb. 24 2006,16:58

There are no such problems if you use the latest version.
Reposting resolved issues is really boring and not helpful to anyone.
Again, I have to question your motives, you do read the embedded section???

Resolved in the latest release and was discussed on Feb 5 here

See Change Log for 2.2 number 12 which states:
12. Qemu version now supports boot time UCI loading

Edited by roberts on Feb. 24 2006,19:23

pr0f3550r

Group: Members
Posts: 378
Joined: Dec. 2005

Posted: Feb. 25 2006,12:53

Robert, I missed that thread, I was abroad looking for work, I think I may be excused for that. Sorry, sorry, sorry, ok?

Now, about my motives, what the hell other motives should I have?
What? Some secret agency paying me to troll on your forum?
I respect you as you are the boss here and for all the good work you do but, for heaven's sake, get a grip!

Besides, I might be older than you, so, mind you language :-)

--------------
THE QEMU FORUM: http://qemu.dad-answers.com/index.php

QEMU ON WINDOWS: http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/

How to use floppy, CD-ROM and hard disk - http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/HowToFloppyCdrom-en.html

How to use network - http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/HowToNetwork-en.html

20 replies since Feb. 21 2006,12:05

< Next Oldest | Next Newest >

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

Pages: (5) </ 1 2 3 [4] 5 >/

Damn Small Linux Board » Damn Small Linux » DSL Embedded » Save MyDSL installation