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Joat_Mone

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Posted: Oct. 24 2004,00:27

That works for what I want. Thank you very much.

Joat_Mone

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Posted: Oct. 24 2004,15:20

I spoke too soon... It almost works like I want it. With a CD boot, all you have to do is put the .dsl files in the optional directory. The frugal install has the optional directory, but it wont automatically install them durring boot up. Is there anyway to make that happen?

ke4nt1

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Posted: Oct. 24 2004,18:26

If you place your extensions in a directory called " /optional " ,
they are available to LOAD thru your menu, under
myDSL >Install Optional Extensions

If you want them to be already LOADED , and ready-to run from menu or icon,
then place the extensions in the top level directory,
commonly called root or ' / '
( not to be confused with /root, which is ONLY for the ROOT USER )

So, what you'll see in your installed partition is......

( the usual three )
/KNOPPIX
/boot
index.html
( plus whatever you add )
firefox.uci
dsl-dpkg.dsl
gnu-utils.dsl
j2re1.4.2.uci
backup.tar.gz

This would have FIrefox ready to run, with java enabled, apt enabled,
and the full GNU utilities..

73
ke4nt

Joat_Mone

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Posted: Oct. 24 2004,21:00

You had the answer (not a big shock there). I have a couple of clarifying questions though. Why do you need the "optional" directory on the CD to load the .dsl's? Or am I just doing it wrong from the beginning there? Also I have noticed that I cant copy, move, delete anything using emelfm (which is not a bad thing because it prevents others from screwing up the system), I need to go into a bash, make myself superuser and then I can change things. Why is that?

Thanks again for all your help.