DSL Ideas and Suggestions :: damnsmalllinux server edition

i am trying to make a dsl version specifically for being a web server, i will remove the games and most of the programs and replace them with stuff more relevent to web servers (ie: php etc) i will also include some tutorials and a revamped interface, some other things will be removed and it will simply be a process of answering a few qs and your server is going.

i am doing this for something to pass the time but if john and ke4nt want i can send it to them to go on the site.

the first version will hopefully be based on 0.8.

one thing i need to know before i can get going on this project:

ok, this is my assumption upon how dsl works, the file knoppix on the cd is mounted to /knoppix in the fs and folders within it are simlinked onto the ramdisk or the root of the fs, the ones in the ramdisk are softlinked(?) into the root of the fs for easy access by users and apps.
ok, so i want to be able to run a command or script that will unmount /knoppix (including changes made to simlinks of its subdirectories) to a file on my fat32 hd (without damaging any files already there of course) instead of just unmounting the version from the cd and discarding changes.

if someone can help me with this then i can start work on this project.

ico2, I've recently had some luck making remasters by using a method I read on the board in the "how to"s. You make a copy of the KNOPPIX directory, change the root directory to that copy, mount the proc in that new directory, and then add/remove programs with apt-get or whatever. Then you unmount proc, and get back to the origional root with a <CTRL-D>. Then use mkisofs like you normally would.

You can't use emelfm or scite when you're loading the new files, which is a drag, but you can move them to the copied KNOPPIX directory before you change root. Or do things the "hard core" way with a buch of cp and vi commands.

It's all spelled out in the second part of the first post of ReMastering How To for DSL

thanks.

when i install my new hd (having difficulties) i will create a partition for the purpose of this kind of messing around.
it will be a week 1/2 before i get the ide adapter i need so in that time i will be downloading the stuff i need and writing (/asking for permission to borrow) some tutorials on various languages.

Perhaps you could take a look at XAMPP.
It may be a wonderfull addition to this distro as an extension.

my 2 cents...

Have we made any headway with this

Perhaps a "server" version of DSL is needed

What about a command line only version (stripped down/no games/no frivilous stuff) and then have "server" type .dsl (apache.dsl(full version), samba.dsl, vsftpd.dsl, WEBMIN.dsl(I have tried and failed miserably)...yadda yadda) addons

Damn Small Server or DSLinux Server
This way you can build what you want as a server and since KNOPPIX/DSL detects most hardware and can use udma or the hdparm stuff it would make more sense to have a "light" server distro (this would be another 1st for DSL)

I am willing to assist in any way to get something like this done...I can test (I would like to learn how to remake the "LiveCD" part and would love to make some of my own MyDSL apps)I will assist in any way needed just PM me or email me and we can get the ball rolling on this...

Who is with me!?

Brian
AwPhuch

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