Other Help Topics :: Mini DSL Remastering HowTo

I am now testing the DSL/FireFox remaster on a laptop, a Toshiba 4015CDS.
I have Luit Linux /knoppix folder on /dev/hda1 and boot that with a boot floppy,
and restore with a USB drive.
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So, the remaster is run from the CD, and I have to unplug the USB pen drive
when I restore from the floppy, as the script will first look to the USB drive
then to the floppy. My restoration files are only about 550K, so they fit on the
floppy just fine.
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I want to see if I can restore from the boot prompt, from the floppy. I see that
DSL wants the device to be /dev/floppy, and not /dev/fd0 when restoring from
the menu.
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A side note, I find that lots of ram and cpu power are needed if I try and
remaster from my own remaster. 256 MB of ram is not enough, when I
try and create the compressed file, (that usually takes 10 min) I get a
lockup around 90-95 % completed. So, I have to remaster from the
original 0.6.2 DSL cd, but can insert a restore on that, to work with.
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Here is the boot up procedure on the laptop (above posts) using my
remastered DSL with FireFox:
l. At the boot prompt:
  boot: fb800x600 restore
2. USB Mouse? _yes_
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That's it, and I am looking at my desktop,  with my welcoming message, my
menu, with Firefox, ready to go.
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To speed up the restore part, I removed a lot of the images I did not need
to keep for backgrounds on the restore floppy. Several are already included
in the remaster, and can easily be used. In /home/damnsmall/.fluxbox, I have
init (which the window manager uses) and init_background, which has the
background line:
session.screen0.rootCommand: bsetbg -f /home/damnsmall/kreon/woodroad.jpg
(that's all on one line in the init file)
I can easily copy init_background to init anytime I want a background
image. I can, before doing that, copy init to init_nobackground so I can
have both. Just restart the window manager after the switch.
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Make a lot of swap space (500 MB ?) or buy another 256 RAM module
I thing the first is cheaper

I think this would be a great for the documentation that Jon is putting together.