DSL-FAH is ready for trail!
I just finished it. I updated the HowTo.
I will be uploading this file shortly (this may take a while) if some of you want to try it out.
Link to DL
I really hope you can download that. And sorry that you have to make an account, I guess it is only for large files.
Will someone test it for me!
It is all good, 49MB, except that I left out a few things that are kind of important in the HowTo file:
Here is what you do:
Once you boot up to DSL, and have the desktop open, click on the Emelfm icon. This will open Emelfm file manager. See "HowTo-DSL...." open that, when it asks you what to open it with, type: "beaver"
This will open the basic HowTo file.
The first part is about HowTo install to a USB-Flash drive:
This method works, but note these things:
~ When I say "Default" I also mean "Recommended." That means when it say "example: sda", you must type in sda, then type enter.
~ Type it exactly how it shows it, ie "type OK to continue" means OK not ok.
~ I left out a key part of the USB Drive install. When it asks for [L]ive [F]ile or [W]eb; type L for live (this is why we didn't use toram yet).
~ When it asks you to enter any boot time options (I think this is what they call it) type "toram" and any others if you think you need it.
~ Then everything should be fine.
~ Most importantly though; when it asks where your USB drive is (default is /mnt/sda) make sure you say yes to print info (or whatever they call it). Then verify that it is your drive (which will be erased!). When I do this it outputs "LEXAR JUMPDRIVE ELITE 256" or something similar, I know that this is the my USB flash drive and not my hard drive or something. The DSL creator said that USB flash drives mount as sda.
Everything else needed is in the HowTo file. If you need help contact me/ ask here.
Just use the script and it will download FAH504-Linux.exe from stanford's site, make the directory, and execute it.
Also MAKE SURE TO BOOT DOWN PROPERLY, especially once installed to USB drive. This makes sure that all the files are saved right onto the USB.
In short:
Download the Above ISO, burn it as a bootable cd (I use Nero 6 in WinXP, GnomeBaker in Gnome, and K3b in KDE.)
Select in CD as the first boot option in your BIOS (DEL key, we should know this
)
Boot from CD, do NOT pass the "toram" command, else you cannot use [L]ive when choosing what to install to your USB Flash. (If you did this you could use [F] if you specified the .iso, but I am trying to keep it simple)
Then you can boot from the USB drive (change the boot order again).
If you tell it to do 'toram' when installing to USB Flash you won't have to do it at the first boot screen when booting from the USB Flash drive! It isn't that big of deal though.
For more information on Damn Small Linux, visit:
www.damnsmalllinux.org
I am off to upload the iso file.
Looking forward to comments! Hopefully it will work on your machine CyberDruid!
-Rippon