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dpeirce

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Posted: Sep. 13 2005,04:15

I remember a while back, the DSL site had simple pages listing the different kinds of installs and how to do them. I can't find anything like that now. I can find something like "After I did a frugal, then I...", but what is a "frugal"?

Is there a page somewhere with this kind of basic info on it? I looked on the wiki, faq, and blog pages. I'm particularly needing info on installing DSL on the HD of an ancient laptop which doesn't boot from the CD drive. I have a Dell Latitude LM which simply refuses to die (16 MBram, 750 MB HD, win95).

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Posted: Sep. 13 2005,15:30

Booting Floppies:
http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Boot_Floppies

Frugal Explanation (Covers others as well):
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....;t=6441

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dpeirce

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Posted: Sep. 13 2005,21:36

Cody: Thanks for the response.

I had found the 'boot floppies' page in the wiki. That's helpful and simple. I think I found the frugal forum link too as I was searching the forums. However, where do I find instructions on what is frugal and how to do it? I found the frugal files on the download page for ibiblio, but I hesitate to download it and use it if I don't have some idea of what's happening. I think what I need is a page for frugal like the one in the wiki on floppy boots. I *think* I remember such a page on the DSL site not too long ago. Is it still available (I wish I had kept a copy then ^_^).

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Posted: Sep. 13 2005,21:59

A hard drive install is like installing a standard OS. All of the files are copied to your hard drive and you can do with them as you wish. A frugal install is more like running a liveCD; however, instead of the files being located on a CD, they are located on your hard disk and replaced on reboot. The latter installation is nice because if you screw something up, chances are you can just reboot and everything will go back to normal. A frugal install is sort of like re-ghosting your drive everytime you reboot.

Here are some great instructions on a frugal install:
distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/current/pdfdocs/FrugalHowto.pdf

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dpeirce

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Posted: Sep. 14 2005,23:34

OK, got the frugal!! ^_^ Thanks.

If I understand correctly, the frugal install is the same as running from the CD except the image is on the HD rather than the CD? Does that allow for installing new software or updating already-installed software? I'm guessing that's what the /opt and mydsl thingies are for?

A review of DSL said it can also be installed directly in a windows partition for dual booting. I already have windows95 installed on my laptop... are there specific instructions for this? I found several posts on the forum but I'm hoping for a summary somewhere so it will be easier to follow the posts. Likewise for a straight HD install. Are there other methods for a floppy/HD combination (no usb or fancy stuff here)?

Sorry for all the questions. But it's hard to follow the forum posts if I don't already know what they are talking about.

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