Other Help Topics :: Running DSL from CD?

Howdy, a few questions if you'd be so kind:

1. Have I successfully gotten started? I've made a boot disk of DSL (I think - it was "current.iso" from a mirror). When I boot from it, I get a DR-DOS prompt of "A:\>". Am I getting there?

2. If I've done it right so far, what do I do next to get a GUI and use applications (play media and brows mostly)?

THANK YOU!

(Note that I'm a complete Linux newbie)

1. No. You've created a bootable el torito data cd, which is not the same as a bootable DSL cd. The DSL iso file is already bootable, so you should simply burn it as a cd image rather than creating a bootable data cd.
http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Burning_a_Bootable_CD

2. Once the cd is properly created, and your system is set to boot from cd, you will most likely be taken automatically into the gui. However, some hardware configurations may require some manual intervention.

You are correct. Thanks for the tip and have a great day!

OK I'm stumped again.

(figured out how to do a cheat code to make the display work...)

Now I can't get anything to play as far as MP3. It says:

couldn't open audio please check that... the sound card is configured, nothing's blocking it, etc

This is a Gateway Solo 2500. What do I do to get the sound up and running?

Thanks again!

Run lspci to find out info about the sound card and then lsmod to see if the right module (driver in winspeak) is loaded. From the following link, opl3sa2 may be the correct module: http://www.thehayesweb.org/jhayes/solo2500.html

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