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Hi!
I have to remaster DSL 1.3.1. I have to add some new programs, to set-up the networking and, most of all, I have to add a custom kernel. Is there a howto that I can follow ?
Hello,

does one have a updated howto for the 2.0 version ?

regards
Frank
Quote (Syl @ Aug. 10 2005,03:45)
Hi!
I have to remaster DSL 1.3.1. I have to add some new programs, to set-up the networking and, most of all, I have to add a custom kernel. Is there a howto that I can follow ?


Hi,

I want to bring up again this question. I basicly need to recompile the kernel for an attempt to get rid of my dma problem. (I need to have cs5530 support as module and not compiled into kernel).

I think that mkmydsl cannot cover this and most other imformation which I found is based on older versions of dsl.

Some idea how to do this in the easiest way? I need to replace the kernel and add one module.... the module is not necesary for booting but for enabling dma-access to the harddisk later.

Br,
Gatu
When I completed the instructions, I discovered that copying in the emelFM window using the copy button caused the source files to inherit root:root ownership.  The correct procedure is to use cp -Rp <source> <destination> in the command line box at the bottom of the emelFM GUI interface.

Second item:  Once I completed the CD, I discovered that fluxbox came up fine when logging in as dsl but root only got command line.
I solved this by editing the linuxrc file (from the mounted minirt24) creating /root on the ramdrive and linking it. There is an existing line that does this with 2 other directories: search for ramdrive.  In the "Copying directories" section, I then copied root's files from /KNOPPIX/root to  /ramdrive/root
Copying hidden files was a problem when using <path>/.* so I solved it with multiple cp lines <path>/.b* and so on.  I could probably have used a regular expression for dot+<any alphanumeric>*

I also did not get installed apps in my fluxbox menu.  Entries can be added in the user's <user_dir>/.fluxbox/menu file.

Final note, I needed reboot to complete without user intervention.  The reboot script is /etc/init.d/knoppix-reboot and uses 2 variables $NOPROMPT and $NOEJECT both of which I set to "yes"

Any comments would be great.  Maybe I made some mistake when following the instructions above, and feedback may help someone else.  

BTW, I remastered DSL 2.0

Best regards,

NetGuru
(but sadly not yet a Linux Guru).

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