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will103

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Posted: Sep. 27 2005,08:03

Hi, I like to use DSL Embedded at work, because my work pc will not allow booting from either a CD or USB drive (no access to the bios). However, I have had trouble saving some of my changes made during a work session. I can save cosmetic changes such as the desktop themes, but when I install apt-get and some other binaries, these changes are not preserved. Also, my work pc is rather slow, so I would like to change the default run level to 3 (rather than 5). I tried modifying the entry in /etc/inittab, but again the changes are not preserved.

Would it be possible to save these changes to the hard drive image included with DSL Embedded (around 60MB), and if so how?

Many thanks

will103

mstrhelix

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Posted: Oct. 13 2005,02:57

to save my changes i do a cntrl-alt-2 , and at qemu prompt i type
savevm mydslname <-- save virtual machine state
loadvm mydslname <-- loads it

you can even modify your .bat file to auto load this saved state at each boot

Metaspor
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Posted: Nov. 06 2005,05:21

I wanted to do something similar and edit the inittab file.....
id:5:initdefault: ----> id:3:initdefault:
and then save it to the filesystem, so when it boots it simply go's to the command line.

Is this possible

n6hgg

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Posted: Nov. 07 2005,04:53

I'm trying to figure out how to boot to run level 2 also. Sometimes it's my favorite way to use linux. I think this embedded version would be able to operate in some of the older slower machines that way too. I can do almost everything I want to do using the Links browser. If anyone knows how to boot to run level 2 with the embedded usb pendrive installation, I'd like to know.

Bob

n6hgg

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Posted: Nov. 07 2005,06:20

I figured out how to boot to run level 2 permanently if desired. Open the dsl-linux.sh file in a text browser like notepad or kwrite. In the dsl-linux.sh file, change this part of the string:
-append "qemu frugal quiet"
add dsl 2 after the quotes so it reads:
-append "dsl 2 qemu frugal quiet"
then save the file, reboot using the dsl-linux.sh script and it will boot to run level 2.

Same thing in the dsl-windows.bat file for a windows boot:
change the following:
-append "qemu sb=0x220,5,1,1 frugal quiet"
add dsl 2 after the quotes so it reads:
-append "dsl 2 qemu sb=0x220,5,1,1 frugal quiet"
save the file, then boot dsl by double clicking the dsl-windows.bat file.

If all you want is a text only browser, this is a good way to have it. Type (without quotes) "links www.damnsmalllinux.org" and the links text browser jumps to life. Pretty nice without having to wait for the xserver to come up on slower machines.

Bob

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