lucky13
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Posted: Aug. 09 2007,14:30 |
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| Quote | | If I manage to get a DSL CD then just get it booted up would i be able to do a HD install from that? |
Yes, there are installation scripts in the menus and there's also an install cheatcode you can use at boot.
http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Cheat_Codes
| Quote | | Or is there a lot of things I need to get it doing so it just boots straight to DSL? |
You first have to set up partitions for Linux using fdisk or cfdisk (easier choice). If you do a Debian-type hard drive installation, you'll need two partitions: one should be set to type 82 (Linux swap) and the other one needs to be toggled bootable. If you do a frugal install (it installs the ISO on its own partition), you'll need those same two partitions and an additional one for your persistent /home and /opt. Once you've written your new partition table, you can run the installation script of your choice.
http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki....d_Drive
Check the wiki and also the documentation section where you downloaded the ISO (linked on front page of the DSL site). The latter has a PDF detailing the frugal LILO install.
http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors....wto.pdf
(edit: added links since docs were missing in a couple mirrors)
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