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mikshaw

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Posted: July 08 2006,15:08

Quote (Jumpy @ July 08 2006,05:04)

I have tryed the hard-disk-install but it use 230 - 240 mb? And thats not enough free space (i have 250) for me to install apt-get or ndiswrapper.

I haven't done hd install, but it sounds like 230-240 is about twice the amount of space you should require for the completed installation. The KNOPPIX file, which contains the entire filesystem, is just a little over 120mb uncompressed. My guess is maybe you have temp files left over from the installation?

Or maybe the hd install actually does use that much space? I haven't quite figured out what the dsl-hdinstall script is doing.

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Posted: July 08 2006,15:25

A very recent version of ndiswrapper is included with DSL.

You can also boot dsl v3.x with unionfs to get a completely writeable system.

Just my 2 cents..
With small resources I would stay with dsl extensions and try uci and unc type. Going with apt-get or .dsl extensions will likely overrun your resources.

Edited by roberts on July 08 2006,15:29

newby

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Posted: July 08 2006,16:11

Quote (kerry @ July 08 2006,05:50)

frugal takes getting use to but it sounds like what you need if you have very little space. the extensions can be loaded at start up by putting them in a myDSL folder and it will auto load at start.
example: you want apt-get, so create a folder name it " myDSL " then download the dpkg.dsl and put it in that folder and it will load at start. i'm not sure about ndiswrapper is that a dsl? perhaps that can be saved using the backup/restore.

I've been trying to figure this out. Do you make the "myDSL" directory in the same partition that you install the iso image in?

In general, if one creates a directory in the same partition that the DSL iso is stored into, does DSL automatically find it and use it instead of the same named directory in the iso?

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Posted: July 10 2006,03:15

newby, you should think of where the _mounted_ paths are,

so [root_of_mountpoint]/myDSL will be looked at,
where [root_of_mountpoint] is the same as where the booted DSL image is located.

As always, you could specify the mydsl= bootcode

Also, in a standard frugal installation, you don't boot from an iso.. but the idea's the same.

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Posted: July 10 2006,04:39

you can put it anywhere as long as it's not in a sub folder. i usally put it where the knoppix,boot,lost&found folders are on the hd. i also have one on my usb key that loads if plugged in->

/media/usbdisk/icons
/media/usbdisk/kerry's
/media/usbdisk/mom's
/media/usbdisk/myDSL
/media/usbdisk/plugins
/media/usbdisk/3D.jpg
/media/usbdisk/endlessblue.jpg
/media/usbdisk/Fizzure3
/media/usbdisk/fluXBOX.png
/media/usbdisk/tuxwin.jpg
/media/usbdisk/xbox

here's what i keep on my DSL usb key that i use to load mine or mom's settings. there's also a copy of.torsmo,.xinitrc,.wmdrawerrc that i save so i don't have to make the changes manually everytime, i just copy them over.

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