HD Install :: Standard install q's

Hi. Been going through the threads an gaining much info, but still stuck on a couple of things.
Everything done in a root xterm.

p200, 192mb, 2.1hd

Using cfdisk, I create partitions

hda1 bootable 1000 ext2
hda2 400 Linux swap
hda3 700 Linux

write
quit

hda3 would be for downloads/storage etc. Might even add a 4.3gb drive as well.

mkfs -t ext2 /dev/hda3
mkswap /dev/hda2
swapon

everything seems fine. Do a standard install

Reboot

How do I get /dev/hda3 and the swapfile to mount automatically?

When I download say thunderbird.dsl, where do I put it or how do I install it, so it is usable immediately after booting.

Do I need to upgrade to gtk2?

Or would it just be easier to make hda1 1700mb and swap 400mb, forget about a third partition.

At the moment I have hda1 200mb, swap 400mb and hda3 everything left, but I still have to mount hda3 and hda2 won't mount at all,
Of course hda1 is too small, 98% used.
mount /dev/hda2

mount point none does not exist.

1 final q.

I have to reset network card each time I boot as ip for dns stuffs up like should be 203.96.156.4 but on reboot adds a space after the 4

TIA
phstpok

i dont think you are supposed to mount the swap partition and format it with an ext2 filesystem.

also when using swapon i think you need to specify the partition.

so you should be using swapon /dev/hda2

after that everything is automatically detected i think

for more info checkout the manual: section 2b
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/talk/node/64

regards b1m1

>At the moment I have hda1 200mb, swap 400mb and hda3 >everything left, but I still have to mount hda3 and hda2 won't >mount at all,
>Of course hda1 is too small, 98% used.
>mount /dev/hda2

if hda2 had a filesystem on it you would use mount /mnt/hda2

but as above, i it is swap i dont think you put a filesystem on it or mount it like normal filesystems/partitions.

regards b1m1

While booting it shows my swap file being enabled, so no problem there. Still can't figure how to get /dev/hda3 to mount automatically though.

No doubt it's staring me in the face. Just need to keep on playing around.

Going to have to give dsl a miss for today though. Unfortunately I've got a windows box I have to get back up.

Try adding

sudo -u dsl mount /mnt/hda3

to your /opt/bootlocal.sh text file.

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