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Posted: Jan. 04 2006,13:33 QUOTE
I see.  That makes perfect sense.  That's why I've been using a remastered knoppix liveCD image until now - to completely eliminate writes to the CF card.

You mentioned that a frugal install will "drastically cut down" on real system writes.  I'd like to entirely eliminate real system writes - wouldn't booting a frugal installed system with the "toram" cheatcode do that?

Thanks again, your insight is invaluable.
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Posted: Jan. 04 2006,22:39 QUOTE
If you are not using backup/restore then it would operate just like a cdrom.
toram not necessary for write count but would help speed factor.
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Posted: Jan. 05 2006,00:40 QUOTE
Why do you have to boot into runlevel 2??  Is it just to free up more RAM?

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Posted: Jan. 23 2006,18:16 QUOTE
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You can place your custom configurations such as .xserverrc into your own myconf.tar.gz or myconf.dsl depending on where these files are located.
Then simply add this personal extension to the others while using mkmydsl

Forgive my stupidity . . . please.

I understand the use of backup.tar.gz.  But, like this message, I can't save my custom Xfree86 install with extra fonts to make Flash Player work.

Are you saying that i can make my own .dsl package that contains my extra drivers and Xfree86 config and .xserverrc file, etc. and somehow get MkMyDSL to burn a CD image with them in tact, or better yet, put them on a CF card?

Can someone point me in the right direction to accomplish this?
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Posted: Jan. 23 2006,18:45 QUOTE
Brian, I require runleve 2 for several reasons.

1. Maximum free ram
2. Ensure user root
3. Ensure a minimal 'pristine' environment.

Some users would have mydsl-loaded up all their extensions and then try to run the script. That is not how it works. It is not a snapshot of the currently loaded up system. But instead it is a base system with a collection of unpacked extensions to be written to the cdrom image.

I am currently in the process of updating this script.

HTH
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