HD Install :: Correct GRUB kernel commands for Debian install ?



This is a DSL Debian HD install as a second OS on hdb, on an AMD Duron/750 with 128MB Ram.

The first OS on hdb is a Debian etch installed from their netinstall cd. It installed GRUB on the MBR. Grub menu.lst editing and grub-update are both done on the etch install.

The kernel commands being used to boot DSL are those found on the DSL HD /boot/grub/menu.lst.

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title DSL
root (hd1,3)
kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hdb4 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal


Since this is an HD install, is the frugal comand really necessary  ? What are the minimal commands necessary to boot correctly from the HD ?

Also, the boot process correctly identifies my serial scrollmouse on ttyS0, but the screen/keyboard/mouse configuration still dialog appears at every boot. Is setting a restore=hda4 the best way to define this ?

Thanks for your time reading this. I hope you could help me with it.
no, the frugal code isnt necessary - that is, if you're traditional debian-style hd-install, that won't affect it.

Using restore will work if you have a backup there (that contains ~/.xserverrc )
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no, the frugal code isnt necessary - that is, if you're traditional debian-style hd-install, that won't affect it.

Using restore will work if you have a backup there (that contains ~/.xserverrc )

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no, the frugal code isnt necessary - that is, if you're traditional debian-style hd-install, that won't affect it.

      Ok, thanks. I'll remove it then. I think you're saying that the frugal command will not be interpreted and run anyway, if the kernel called is part of a debian HD install.
      The install was done by typing install on the cd boot prompt and choosing the number for debian hd install. I chose a multi-user install. and chose not to install grub. The script told me to remove cd and reboot. And that was it. I then edited and update thge grub menu. And then booted into the HD DSL.
      After that I enabled gnu-utils and apt-get. That's where it's at right now.

   
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Using restore will work if you have a backup there (that contains ~/.xserverrc )

      That's the part I didn't quite get, yet. I just wonder about having an 'easy' and 'correct' way of having my configs kept automatically (seems to be happening for some stuff already) - and not having to go throught the configuration dialog at every boot.

      My real  intention is to slightly remaster a BoothCD. I want to set a different language, keyboard, add some plugins to Firefox, change root password, etc. I was hoping that a debian HD install of DSL would open the way for that, since cloop and kernel-source are something of a problem on the netinst etch debian install.

Thanks again.
My bad - I should've put another if statement around my last line.

Using restore= is also only useful for a frugal.
Ok. Reinstalled the whole shebang again, just for practice.
Removed the 'frugal' term from the kernel boot command and rebooted. MyDSL wasn't working, but recent posts solved that ( chgrp staff /.mydsl_dir ). Seems to be ok now.
Interesting things still happening at work, though. Where the CD tray keeps flapping in and out on a rather cryptic timetable.
But things are stable enough for me to try an iso image loopmount and (very modest) remastering.
Thanks.
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