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Posted: Dec. 08 2005,17:24

Hi mikshaw,

Thanks for the explanation of the frugal boot param. DSL is new for me, and I'm going through the phase of picking everything apart to see how it works.

Thanks.
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Posted: Dec. 09 2005,19:53

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I don't know for sure, but my understanding is that it copies the compressed DSL OS image to the HDD, and on boot uncompresses and runs that image effectively the same as it would run a live CD. It is also known as a "poorman's install".
The difference is that a "proper" HD install requires (I think) 200MB+ and the frugal install only requires about 55MB.

So how does one do a "proper" install? The USB pen drive installer apparently defaults frugal, because only 55 MB has been used and apps aren't lauching as fast as I expected.

And how much is "200+ MB"? On a 256 MB drive, it definitely makes a difference.

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