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Topic: Frugal install from MyDSL CD?, Keep getting error

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Posted: May 28 2005,09:58

Is it possible to do a frugal install, to a 55MB partition, from a MyDSL CD? I've followed Clivesay's instructions (very well done, I must say), but it looks like it's trying to copy over my entire CD structure, not just the base. I've tried booting the cd with "base" to see if it would make a difference, but I keep getting an error saying not enough space on the partition.
I have (something like) 55MB partition for frugal base, 350MB for mydsl and home, and 300MB for swap. I've specified the partition for mydsl / home, but it looks like everything is just being copied to the 55MB partition, which obviously it won't fit onto.

Do I have to burn a new "vanilla" CD (can't use RW either, as my laptop won't read them), or is there some way I can use my MyDSL CD (I have practically every extension I could need on there)?

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Posted: May 28 2005,11:56

Robert will correct me if I'm wrong but, I believe the frugal script looks for and copies any mydsl files to the partition if it finds them on the root of the CD. So, if you want to just have the base on a 55mb partition, I think you will have to install with a vanilla CD, a local iso file, or from the net (don't forget about those options). If you have the connection and the ram to spare, do a net install or d/l the iso and do an install from a file. That's how I do pretty much all mine now.

Good luck

Chris

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Posted: May 28 2005,12:26

No big deal at 20c a disk I guess. Just checking though. (If I could figure out how to multi-session a bootable disk it would be good though, burn the base, use to update frugal, then add extensions to the CD for general "carry around" use).

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Posted: May 28 2005,15:26

This is the way I usually update my frugal installs, using tomsrtbt off of TRCDOD, Because the cdrom on my toshiba is wonky...

In CODE

Code Sample

mkdir /mnt/frugal
mkdir /mnt/cd
mount /dev/hdc -t iso9660 /mnt/cd
mount /dev/hda1 -t ext2 /mnt/frugal
rm -f /mnt/frugal/KNOPPIX/*
cp /mnt/cd/KNOPPIX/* /mnt/frugal/KNOPPIX/
umount /mnt/*
reboot

If you are in another linux, you can just mount -o loop the iso and replace the knoppix file. Honestly, you can do this in tomsrtbt too. If you're in windoughs, you can use something like winrar to extract the knoppix image.

No burning required!

-J.P.

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Posted: May 29 2005,03:26

To UPDATE a frugal install, does not require code or other external media, simply re-run the frugal-instal.sh and say n to format the partition. You can fetch the latest iso from the web, don't have internet access at the time of install, then you can also load via a pre-downloaded iso file. These are all options already built into the frugal install script.

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