iB::Topic::Installing MyDSL

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

» Welcome Guest
[ Log In :: Register ]

Damn Small Linux Board » MyDSL Extensions » Apps » Installing MyDSL

		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 ]

Topic: Installing MyDSL, User DSL? HD not mounted?

< Next Oldest | Next Newest >

mikshaw

Group: Members
Posts: 4856
Joined: July 2004

Posted: May 20 2006,18:42

True, you definitely can't make something whose functionality obvious for every user...sometimes it's best just to let a user know where he went wrong and hope that he's smart enough to learn from it. =o)
'Twas only a spur-of-the-moment idea anyway, and i see your points about staying with emelfm.

--------------
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html

cbagger01

Group: Members
Posts: 4264
Joined: Oct. 2003

Posted: May 21 2006,04:51

Maybe a flua popup dialog box with a few more lines of text that explain to the user what to do, or even better yet launch dillo with a link to the DSL wiki page that explains the process in more detail.

macadavy

Group: Members
Posts: 23
Joined: April 2006

Posted: May 21 2006,19:47

cbagger - could you post a link here to that wiki howto? I can't find it.
I realize it seems trivial to most (which is why I haven't asked any further questions) but I still can't save my extensions to the hard drive at shutdown or reboot. The emelfm opens showing the var/tmp dir in the left window - the right window is blank. Typing /mnt/hda5 in right panel cli opens it but there is no mydsl directory in hda5, though in install the command mydsl=hda5 was given. Trying to drag-'n'-drop (middle mouse button) to /opt doesn't work. Hilighting the files and using the 'move' button appears to work, i.e. the files show up in the right panel in /mnt/hda5/opt - but after shutdown or reboot the mydsl extensions have disappeared. I tried using Rox filemanager as it is gui'd, but drag-'n'-drop just copies the files without moving them.

--------------
--
macadavy

mikshaw

Group: Members
Posts: 4856
Joined: July 2004

Posted: May 21 2006,21:57

You'll need to mount /dev/hda5 before copying files to it. Otherwise you're only copying to the mountpoint, which is not persistent.

Also, the "mydsl" directory is an alternative to using the mydsl boot option. If you specify mydsl=hda5 then it will grab the extensions from the top level of hda5. If you have a mydsl directory there is no need to specify mydsl=hda5 in DSL 2.3/2.4

--------------
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html

macadavy

Group: Members
Posts: 23
Joined: April 2006

Posted: May 21 2006,23:02

Thanks mikshaw.
We may be talking at cross-purposes. When I did the frugal install & was asked to designate a dedicated directory for mydsl I entered 'hda5', where (earlier in the install process) I had created 'home' & 'opt' directories as well. I can find no mydsl directory in the hda5 partition, so have been trying to save to opt. I understood hda1 & 5 were automounted at boot, and indeed the mount tool shows them as mounted. My problem may be a noob's confusion about the Linux filesystem. I will try saving to dev/hd5/opt, instead of mnt/hda5/opt.

--------------
--
macadavy

12 replies since May 20 2006,04:15

< Next Oldest | Next Newest >

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

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

Damn Small Linux Board » MyDSL Extensions » Apps » Installing MyDSL