MyDSL Extensions - saved, but not restores

Forum: myDSL Extensions (deprecated)
Topic: MyDSL Extensions - saved, but not restores
started by: cxexa

Posted by cxexa on Sep. 10 2005,21:16

I have moved all my downloaded DSL extensions into the root of /mnt/hda2 which is where mydsl, home, restore and opt are.

When I boot up, the apps are not restored. I have to go to /mnt/hda2 with Emelfm and double click on them to get them to load.

How can I make it so when my computer boots, those apps are loaded with icons on desktop, ready to go?

cxexa

Posted by mikshaw on Sep. 10 2005,21:33

You'll need to either specify on your boot line to have them load from hda2 (mydsl=hda2), or move them to the root of whatever device contains a frugal installation.

Posted by cxexa on Sep. 10 2005,22:29

I do have mydsl=hda2 in my lilo.conf. I set it up that way when doing the lilo frugal install. I also tried putting them in the root of hda1 and rebooting. still not loaded.

any ideas?

Posted by ke4nt1 on Sep. 10 2005,23:03

Post up your lilo.conf file for us to look at.

Maybe some typo or syntax error..?

Works here just as described..

73
ke4nt

Posted by cxexa on Sep. 10 2005,23:12

p.s. why do I have hda=scsi thru hdh scsi I have 2 hard drives. lots of usb ports though?

nomce ?
nodma?

L I L O B E L O W

lba32 #enable large disk support
timeout=30 #wait 3 seconds before auto-booting
vga=794
boot=/dev/hda #put boot loader in MBR of target disk
root=/dev/hda1 #set root to be partition of target disk
image=/boot/linux24
label=DSL
initrd=/boot/minirt24.gz
read-only
APPEND="ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi hdf=scsi hdg=scsi hdh=scsi nomce nodma quiet frugal BOOT_IMAGE=/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX restore=hda2 toram home=hda2 opt=hda2 alsa mydsl=hda2"

Posted by adssse on Sep. 10 2005,23:57

Not sure if it will help you but, when I did my install I had some trouble and ended up need to put 'dsl mydsl=hda2' when it asks for the boot options when running the frugal script. I than had to tell it no when it asked if I wanted to specify a different partition for myDSL.

Posted by hs7sv on Sep. 25 2005,11:50

cxexa,

You may edit option in lilo.conf like "... restore=hda2 toram mydsl=hda2 home=hda2 opt=hda2 alsa " and put all extention into /optional in hda2l. It works for me.

===== lilo.conf =====
lba32 #enable large disk support
timeout=30 #wait 3 seconds before auto-booting
vga=791
boot=/dev/hda #put boot loader in MBR of target disk
root=/dev/hda2 #set root to be partition of target disk
image=/boot/linux24
label=DSL
initrd=/boot/minirt24.gz
read-only
APPEND="ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi hdf=scsi hdg=scsi hdh=scsi nomce nodma quiet frugal BOOT_IMAGE=/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX restore=hda3 mydsl=hda3 home=hda3 opt=hda3 "