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Topic: mkmyDSL, A great DSL tool.

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Butch C.
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Posted: Dec. 28 2005,14:41

Hi there,

first: Big thanks for DSL to all who have contributed

Works fantastically so far i just have one little problem:

Using mkmydsl:

I replaced the XF86config-4 and the .xserverrc, however when i
boot the $source it still has the originals from the cd. How do i get my own versions?

Thats probably the same answer as for: How do i restore my settings from the Live-CD? Cause when i move it to another machine it obviously can't restore the settings from my harddrive.

Any idea somebuddy?

roberts

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Posted: Dec. 28 2005,16:51

You can place your custom configurations such as .xserverrc into your own myconf.tar.gz or myconf.dsl depending on where these files are located.
Then simply add this personal extension to the others while using mkmydsl

Butch C.
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Posted: Dec. 28 2005,20:56

Hey Roberts,

thx for the fast answer. I did a search for the myconf.tar.gz you mentioned and i think that will do the job. That question seems to haunt you. I indeed was tempted to try that via backup.tar.gz like some others here. You cured me. But funny somehow. I already tried more than a dozen Linux distros including Knoppix, but this.... I think i am already hooked on DSL.

CU

davea0511

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Posted: Jan. 04 2006,05:43

Quote (roberts @ Dec. 12 2005,12:08)

Personally, I would not attempt to do a remaster on a flash type of device.

Hi Roberts-

This was also what I was going to do (put it on a flash) because it's going into a PC that is going to get alot of rough use as a traveling kiosk and I don't want any moving parts (it needs to be ultra robust). In fact, that's what I'm currently doing with knoppix that I remastered to fit on 512 Mb CF card in an IDE adapter, but for many reasons I want to use DSL instead.

But you obviously are the expert here and you opinion is very important. Why wouldn't you put it on a flash? Is there a better installation method I should use if I put it on a flash (should I remaster instead of use extensions), and why?

roberts

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Posted: Jan. 04 2006,06:02

First I meant to say, I would not run the remastering process on a flash device. Flash devices have limited number of writes.

In my opinion, it is best to remaster on another machine and when you have your system ready, then I would do a Lilo Frugal install.

If you boot dsl with the install boot option:

boot: install

You will see the menu I use to do installs.
I prefer frugal grub for hard drive installs, or where you would want easy access to the grub boot menu to change boot options.

But typically with a flash device, CF, I would not want any user to have such easy access to change boot options. Lilo works good for this situation.

Either way, a frugal install will drastically cut down on real system writes thus prolonging the life of your flash device. Use frugal over the traditional hard drive install.

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