User Feedback :: Dual CPU with DSL

Trying to weed out the dual boxes here with regards to DSL 0.7

I have two pentium pro processors at 200 MHZ, and they have 1024 K cache.
That translates into a lot of power, so I use this machine to remaster DSL.
Use a 20 GB hard drive, with several partitions, three for DSL remaster purposes.
Two of them contain the "master copies", so I can, if I want, work on a 6x DSL, and a 7x DSL at the same time. The third partition is for miniroot.gz, I could prepare that and insert into any remaster partition. On this box I also have RHL 9,
that is used to prepare a logo.16 for the remaster. That file has to be prepared on
a Windows 3.1 machine, where I have a couple of graphics programs that can do 16 color work. I then bring the file to this box, and process into a logo.16 with RHL 9.
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Here is a link to my current "Getting Started Guide" for Rapidweather Remaster of Damn Small Linux:
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http://www.angelfire.com/ms/telegram/getting_started.html
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At the present time, the sub-distro is not available for download anywhere, or for sale.
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As a side note, did you know that one can provide the /home/damnsmall/.xserverrc file in a remaster, and make a CD that skips the x server, mouse and screen choices when booting DSL? One would have to know what a particular computer would need in the way of a .xserverrc file, then the CD would match that machine perfectly. Good for multiple machines in a computer lab in school, for instance.
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As a side note, did you know that one can provide the /home/damnsmall/.xserverrc file in a remaster, and make a CD that skips the x server, mouse and screen choices when booting DSL? One would have to know what a particular computer would need in the way of a .xserverrc file, then the CD would match that machine perfectly. Good for multiple machines in a computer lab in school, for instance.

You can do that even more simply by making a tiny myXsetup.tar.gz whose contents is /home/damnsmall/.xserverrc put in on the hard drive, pen drive or cdrom using myDSL. Totally no user interaction upon booting from a myDSL cd. Plus because no remaster required it is easy to stay uptodate with the latest DSL.

Or even better, add .xinitrc and have it boot up with enhanced desktop and starting your favorite app(s).

Make another one for myPrinter.tar.gz and boot up hands free ready to print.

Even make a simple myTheme.tar.gz and boot up showing a completely different look. I use a aqua/blue curve looking theme.

Couldn't be easier.

Oh, to answer the question. I don't have any multiple CPU machines. "The shoe cobbler has no shoes". My fastest intel box is only 500Mhz.

I've noticed that despite Knoppix 3.4 still having an SMP kernel, no error is shown when I boot on my single-processor machines. Just wondering if they've implemented something that might help...

i have a dual xeon 1.8mhz with 3gb ram i wasnt planning to put dsl on it but slack - but would dsl work with my system

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