DSL-N :: Easiest way to start some perl stuff



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Once this device is set which should be today, I want to mass produce these.  Hardware will be the same, no cd, so I want to boot off a USB stick the way I have been, and then simply take that image and put it on each machine.  I see a menu option for mydsl remaster, is that what I am looking for?
I don't think so.  By "take that image," do you mean all of the data on your USB stick?  Exact copy from USB stick to USB stick?  Are you looking for something that installs itself automatically?  What is your current setup? (frugal with backup/restore and mydsl?)
No, not the stick.  Basically I am not sure if it's considered a 'frugal' install, but I would boot off the usb stick to the live session.  right click, select install to hard drive (the box has an internal 512mb flash drive looked at as an ida (hda))

Once that is done, I reboot (no more usb stick).  I installed a few custom .dsl packages (gflashplayer, some cursor changes), then install the testing perl.dsl, cpan a few more (like Device::SerialPort).  Change some boot scripts and finally it's done.

Now I want to take that hda1 partition and just package it so I can take that bootable usb stick, boot and have that new premade dsl version there without the 5 above steps.

I played with dd'ing the image, but never got it to work, so I was wondering what that dsl option <apps/tools/Make MyDSL CD Remaster> did.  It sounded to me like 'make my current dsl configuration an image'....
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I played with dd'ing the image, but never got it to work,
Yes, you'll want to use `dd` or some similar imaging program.  There were some users that have posted about it here before, and iirc someone also posted some scripts.  Of course, you could always look up the specific program documentation for it.  You'll need some way of transferring the image though (i.e. enough space left on your usb stick)

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so I was wondering what that dsl option <apps/tools/Make MyDSL CD Remaster> did.  It sounded to me like 'make my current dsl configuration an image'....
Looking it up could also help you here if you don't understand the title.
Did do the dd a while back;
ex. dd if=/dev/hda1 of=image.img, after time you get the 200mb image written, etc. but when I would reverse it, it would create the partition, but empty.  Since I have this device and it's not running out the door, I have the luxury of a week to get it the way I want.

Thanks again for all the help / support.

Lr

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