HD Install :: Frugul vs. Standard



OK, this isn't working, I got a screen full of 9A again. WTH?
OK, well... Now I am completely stumped.. Why is the screen filling up with "9A"? As far as I can tell, I did everything correctly.
OK - I think I got it now. I reformatted everything and instead of booting to the console only and following the manual instructions, I booted to the gui off the live CD, selected the frugal install from the menu system and then followed the pdf instructions from that point on. I am now booting up fine and everything is running real fast. I need to test this a bit more. First I will install an ap or two, then I will reboot and see if it is still there. If not, I will try backing up first.

Wish me luck, I came close to giving up on this linux stuff and chalking it up to all hype. Let's see where these latest developements lead me.....
The apps will load at boot everytime if they are installed to the ROOT directory of the partition that the OS is on. If you want the option of starting them after boot, then put them in /home
OK, I gave up entirely on the frugal installation. I came to realize something. I was waiting a lot of time trying to get something more than what I needed. Bottom line, I don't want to pit Linux vs. Windows. I simply want to learn linux as an alternative OS. Somthing I can use and learn for myself. I don't care about upgrading right now. I don't really care about installing aps right now. right now I just want to learn the basics and work my way up from there.

I guess I was being too ambitious at first. I chose to install DSL on the laptop using the HD install. It works, I'm not doing anything crazy with it that I need to save files or install applications.

right now, I am simply following a tutorial on linuxcommands.org .

Once I become familiar with that and comfortable, I will move on to the next level.

However, this thread (and your help (all of you)) is not in vein. I learned a lot just from this thread, the docs, my own investigation etc... and for that I am happy I tried the frugal install first.

I am running DSL on my old NEC laptop, I am running DSL Embedded on any windows machine I log into and I am running Puppy Linux as my travelling OS.

I have to say, I am glad computing has become fun and interesting to me once again.

Thanks All.....
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