HD Install :: Few questions on frugal



Just installed frugal! thanks to the pdf manual, the process is quite smooth.
Few questions here:
1. When I startup, the system automatically boots into fluxbox, there is no chance for me to input any boot code now. It is normal?   If so,is there any  config file  I can  check and modify the boot option?

2 In the installation, I chosed  hda5 as  myDSL partition. But I dunno how to use it.
I put samba.dsl and dsl-dpkg.dsl in /mnt/hda5, but it is not automatically installed. It works if those files are in the /cdrom directory. Then, what is the point to set a myDSL partition?

Thanks !
in the partition where u frugal installed dsl there is a file boot/grub/menu.lst where u can modify the dsl boot options.
In order to boot in text mode use
dsl 2
boot cheat code.
mydsl=hda5 must be in menu.lst if you want your optional to be loaded automatically
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in the partition where u frugal installed dsl there is a file boot/grub/menu.lst where u can modify the dsl boot options.
In order to boot in text mode use
dsl 2
boot cheat code.
mydsl=hda5 must be in menu.lst if you want your optional to be loaded automatically


1. My bootloader is lilo ( I guess it is the default one for frugal install). The menu.lst is not working. If I dont want to re-install the frugal, what should I do.

2. I just got  no chance to input any cheat code, sush as "dsl 2" you mentioned.   The system just book it automatically. That is why I ask.

Thanks for you reply!
I found an old session named "MYDSL="  post by Headly. He is asking exact the same question as mine and seems there is not a final solution.

Just as him,  I also discovered that  in my cmdline, the mydsl is not assigned any partition. However, I cannot edit the /proc/cmdline even with sudo.

I suppose the frugal with lilo is a bit buggy, I wiltry the grub later.
Quote (cronus @ Nov. 03 2005,22:20)

1. My bootloader is lilo ( I guess it is the default one for frugal install). The menu.lst is not working. If I dont want to re-install the frugal, what should I do.

You could always do what I'm doing, namely installing grub after I've installed lilo, using the script /usr/sbn/frugal_grub.sh

This won't wipe your entire frugal setup (just the boot partition), but will install grub fairly painlessly for you. If your machine has anything unusual on it, you may need to edit grub to get it working okay (like I did to get my Libretto's 800x480 display set up correctly). To do this, boot the machine using your installation media method (how you installed frugal), and then mount your /boot partition, and edit the file:

/boot/boot/grub/menu.lst (at least that where it was on my machine; note the repeat '/boot').

I gave up on lilo for exactly the reason that you are having issues with.
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