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stevesr0

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Posted: June 14 2008,17:40

Using 4.4 as a live CD.

Very nice, especially because I was able to save a background that is much easier for me to see. Surprising how good that feels.

I have noted one item that seems defective. When I use the toram cheatcode on boot, at shutdown the machine halts without asking me to remove the CD.

Another comment: I am easily able to configure the wireless manually via a root shell, but the configuration (ndiswrapper install of broadcom driver, modprobe, essid, key, and pump) is not saved. I am unclear how to use the automated tools; it appears that I have to use a combination of them in the proper order, but that seems rather a manual way to "automatically" set up wireless. What am I missing? Appreciate referral to DSL book or WIKI reference.

Thanks

Steve

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Posted: June 14 2008,18:08

andrewb: is there a doc to explain how it works? Might be a good idea if there isn't.

stevesr0:

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I have noted one item that seems defective. When I use the toram cheatcode on boot, at shutdown the machine halts without asking me to remove the CD.

That's by design. When you boot toram, the system does not need the original CD media anymore.

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Another comment: I am easily able to configure the wireless manually via a root shell, but the configuration (ndiswrapper install of broadcom driver, modprobe, essid, key, and pump) is not saved. I am unclear how to use the automated tools; it appears that I have to use a combination of them in the proper order, but that seems rather a manual way to "automatically" set up wireless.

I think /opt/*.sh files may be of interest and you can add it to your backup/restore. You'll probably want to open another thread should you need help.

curaga

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Posted: June 14 2008,18:18

Since you can remove the cd after a toram boot has finished, DSL can only assume you want to have it inside after that and so does not eject it..

I'm not clear with the automatic config either; but you can just put those commands in /opt/bootlocal.sh to have them executed every boot, and it is in your backup automatically.

Edit: duh. F5 for me!

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roberts

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Posted: June 14 2008,19:01

If you use automated tools then scripts are created.
If you choose to manually create files as root, you are on your own.
Using the ndiswrapper GUI creates not only a script but a clickable icon to use your wireless card.

Often times though, one may need to use the manual method to get their unique settings just right or edit the automated script that is placed in your home directory.

andrewb

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Posted: June 15 2008,09:01

Quote (^thehatsrule^ @ June 14 2008,08:08)

andrewb: is there a doc to explain how it works? Might be a good idea if there isn't.

I don't think John ever documented DMIX as it was fairly obvious how it worked. The behaviour as regards UMIX is what I have found by attempting to set different (& multiple) record channels. Umix documentation is at: http://umix.sourceforge.net/ . I should probably put together a wiki page on dmix & how I have changed things since John's original version & what the various subtelties of the script are.

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