HD Install :: odd frugal behaviour...

Laptop A: Dell L400 256mb ram, 256swap, frugal install on hda3
boot options: root=/dev/hda4 quiet vga=791 acpi=off nomce noscsi frugal fromhd=/dev/hda4 norestore nobackup home=hda3

Laptop B: Toshiba 110cs 22mb ram 70mb swap frugal install on hda1
boot options: root=hda1 frugal nousb noapm noscsi nomce noacpi nopci norestore lang=us amp=power-off noideraid nosound nofirewire noapic noapm noagp quiet noeject home=hda2

why are /bin /boot /lib /opt /sbin /usr are links to /ramdisk/* on laptop A
and
/bin /boot /lib /opt /sbin /usr are links to /KNOPPIX/* on laptop B?

lack of memory? boot option?

You probably have one or more *.dsl extensions loading on Laptop A. When you boot a plain frugal DSL, the directories (other than /opt, /home, and /var) are symlinks to KNOPPIX. When you load a myDSL package with a *.dsl filename (or run /etc/init.d/mkwriteable), those symlinks become writeable directories.

It could also be related to the "fromhd" option, but i don't know anything about that.

well I never guessed that one

thanks heaps

I don't know what half the options mean but I chuck them in to hopefully reduce cpu/mem usage :/

arg its getting errors at boot now...:(

It has messages saying its running out of room on the ramdisk .. whats the minimum size of this? I thinks its at its max of 15mb at the moment.

can I take /home off the ramdisk?

ok it isn't the lack of space on the ramdisk.

Laptop A loads far more extentions and only uses 9mb.

Laptop B is crashing during or straight after installing the bc.dsl extention. I've checked the md5 on both laptops and its correct.

As Laptop B is booting it doesn't make any fuss when it adds the symbolic links. Until it crashes installing bc.dsl and claims that /usr/bin/* could not be added and runs a script that tries to use /bin/* (which don't exist).

Is /bin/* linked at the same time as /opt ?

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