HD Install :: Frugal Install?

Chris,
Thanks for the info. I am just done with frugal installation of DSL onto HD. I wanted to know of how I could update the packages on my HD provided the changes has to be permanent if I reboot the system at any time. As you may know that anything written will be lost after a reboot using frugal.
Based on the stuff I know, frugal deals with RAM rather than HD and this might be the reason why the changes made will be lost after rebooting the system. I want those changes to be permanent ( atleast on the HD ). Please let me know....
thankyou chris

Quote (lucy @ Mar. 23 2005,15:15)

This is exactly the question I was going to ask...I need a very specific few changes made (installation of firefox 1.0 (not PR)) and integrated into the frugal install at bootup without user interaction but I haven't been successful so far. Any way around this?

Lucy/Powerglove,
Have you tried adding the .dsl packages you want auto loaded into the root
directory of the partition you installed to?
In the case of FF 1.0 INSTEAD of PR, you would have to remaster
to get rid of PR, add 1.0, then Frugal install the resultant dsl iso.
I've never tried having both the default FF and FF 1 both loaded-
don't know if you'd run into conflicts there...

You can also make an optional folder, like you would on a CD,
for packages you want to show up in the mydsl menu.

When a new DSL release comes out, you just replace your KNOPPIX directory.
Triffic!

adraker is correct.

Also if you want to save settings and/or files, you have to add the paths of the directories and/or files to /home/dsl/filetool.lst. Then you can run backup/restore to keep/restore all of your settings.

For example:

If you are creating docs and you want to save them, I would create something like a 'My Documents' folder in /home/dsl/. Then you would need to go into the filetool.lst file and add the path 'home/dsl/My Documents/'. Now when you do a backup, everything in My Documents will be saved.

Hope that helps

Chris

Is there any easier way to "update" a frugal install than having to do a remaster?

The reason I ask is simple... we have a mobile PC in a vehicle that NEEDS a read only filesystem MOST of the time unless there is an "update" that needs to be on the box. The box is Internet attatched, but has no monitor or keyboard. Also, the box will NOT be generally removable or even in the hands of a "techie" person.

Currently, fsck's are kickin my butt with stock HD install. We have tried the read-only HD attempts, but frugal seemed to be a little better idea overall. At least with the read-only HD method I could use the remount option with the mount command.

Next Page...
original here.