myDSL Extensions (deprecated) :: MyDSL Maker



Quote (derrickkwa @ Dec. 24 2004,08:47)
ok...is  there a way to run iso from qemu? thanks -derrick

Code Sample
qemu -cdrom MyDSL-[date].iso -L [biosdir] ...opts...

When prompted for kernel options, type
"dsl sb=220,5,1,5 vga=789"

Pick no USB Mouse, PS/2 Mouse, No IMPS/2 Mouse Wheel, 800x600, 24 bit color, No picking own dpi.  That'll get you into DSL's x server at the best performance I can give you, and should enable sound support

Have fun!
Quote (derrickkwa @ Dec. 24 2004,08:47)
ok...is  there a way to run iso from qemu? thanks -derrick

Code Sample
qemu -cdrom MyDSL-[date].iso -L [biosdir] ...opts...

When prompted for kernel options, type
"dsl sb=220,5,1,5 vga=789"

Pick no USB Mouse, PS/2 Mouse, No IMPS/2 Mouse Wheel, 800x600, 24 bit color, No picking own dpi.  That'll get you into DSL's x server at the best performance I can give you, and should enable sound support

Have fun!
Quote (davide @ Dec. 24 2004,11:47)
I'm speachless. it's one of the greatest ideas I ever happened to come across surfing linux websites.

just a suggest. could you provide somehow three or four pre-selected stes for categorized hardware?
say:
486 to 166 32M
166 to 333 64M
333-1Gz 128M
More

for each of these you can provide a suggested set of apps. so a newbie could be helped to choose. he/she may not know whether an app is ram-consuming

bye

32M wouldn't work for an XServer, and since you can't remove the xserver, I don't see it being particularly a good idea.

Meanwhile, *I* don't know what's RAM consuming or not, aside from what a program needs to be present (IE: installed).  Hell, to be honest, I don't even know how to CHECK for RAM use.  I know to leave some room (about 16-32M) free over the "ram suggested" labeled on the website (the 'suggested ram' gives about 1/4 program data's worth of breathing room, but I like to give a bit more), and that's about all I can suggest to anyone.

Anyway, I've given the noob (and noob is relative.  Chances are, if you've found the MyDSL maker, you've already been poking around here.  Thus, you're trying to figure out how myDSL works and are a newb to that, not DSL) enough to build an ISO and burn it.  Part of learning not to be a noob is trial and error.  In other words, if you're a newb, I've just got this to say: "Yes.  You're going to burn a coaster or two.  Get over it."  Thing is, they'll not be coasters because they're useless.  They'll be coasters 'cos they won't run in the target machine (ie: will be too ram-greedy.)

But if you want some guidelines:
Be VERY careful what extensions you have loading at boot.  Myself, I prefer to have the better of the UCI's and that's it.  Everything else can be loaded on demand.  This way you have maximum flexibility at boot with almost no RAM use, as well as a good deal of added flexibility to experiment with other software.  If you overdo it, you can just reboot.   Once you've figured out exactly which programs are good and which you think you don't need, you can burn a new disc.

Later, I'll post my "How to make a .tar.gz or .dsl into a .uci" (yes, it can be done with .dsl files.  It's done using symlinks within a .dsl file to point to the mounted position of the uci in /opt.)
I initially had trouble downloading the ISO from the internet. The very next day everything worked great.  :)

I was able to load the dsl base onto my 266Mhz 32Meg Ram laptop.  It worked great.  A little slugish, but I expected that.  The system picked up my wireless card and with a bit of configuring I was into my home network.

Great Job,

Thanks,
David
Brian said:

Be VERY careful what extensions you have loading at boot.  Myself, I prefer to have the better of the UCI's and that's it.  Everything else can be loaded on demand.

I agree. This is the best way.


 This way you have maximum flexibility at boot with almost no RAM use, as well as a good deal of added flexibility to experiment with other software.  If you overdo it, you can just reboot.   Once you've figured out exactly which programs are good and which you think you don't need, you can burn a new disc.

I have no clue how these uci ones are used. Never used them as a result. Are they as easy to get up and working as files with dsl extensions?

Later, I'll post my "How to make a .tar.gz or .dsl into a .uci" (yes, it can be done with .dsl files.  It's done using symlinks within a .dsl file to point to the mounted position of the uci in /opt.)

What are the advantages of this apart from reducing RAM usage?
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