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Posted: Aug. 12 2005,04:55 QUOTE
Sorry to reopen this thread, but ive just got back from cuba, and decided to have a look at it again.

The reason i was after the dsl install, fpd, was for the sheer speed.  Its already cutdown, and with some slight modification could be usable on my current machine (just needs a current kernel and a few things upgrading).  I currently run fc4 on my main machine with gnome, which uses a fair amount of resources.  Im not after gentoo, ive already been there before and i hated it.  But you're probably right, i should maybe look to another distro, or maybe just stick with fc4.  Unlike most of the people who no doubt run dsl, im running a pretty decent spec system (amd xp2400, 2gb ram, 1tb hdd), and im just wanting the most cutdown system for gaming/programming on.

Ive looked a bit more at the persistent home feature and i now understand it, but it raises a new question.  Is it possible to create other partitions beyond /opt and /home, such as /var, /tmp, /usr/local and mount them the same way?  I will get the p3 600 that i was originally messing with last month and setup the persistent home feature, hopefully that will take care of the original problem.  It technically doesnt need it setup as its only there as a dedicated folder as part of my farm, but im totally anal about getting things working properly. :laugh:

Thanks for all your help.

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Posted: Aug. 12 2005,10:55 QUOTE
A suggestion - if you want DSL to behave like a traditional distro when it comes to the fstab try using the command update-rc.d mountall.sh defaults to add the script whcih mounts fstab partitions to your startup. Then use the cheatcode nofstab to prevent the fstab being rebuilt each time you reboot. I believe that should be enough to allow you to add partitions to the fstab and have them mounted at boot.
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Posted: Aug. 12 2005,15:19 QUOTE
Thanks friedgold,

Thats the answer ive been looking for.  The fstab being rebuilt was the main pain in the ass, i tried everything to stop it but without success.

Cheatcodes can be so useful, and such a pain in the ass.

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