Other Help Topics :: Struggling to Remaster

I thought that DSL loaded completely into ram however on doing a remaster using the routine on the menu, I created a myconfig.tar.gz containing all files/directories that I need for uucp which includes /usr .However when the disk boots up (set to auto load to ram) I get a permission denied stating /usr was read only!.

Please help as I really need to create a Disk whereby it boots into ram and allows for the use of uucp.

Regards

Casio

Rename the file to myconfig.dsl. That will cause it to run the mkwriteable script so you can write to /usr. DSL does not load entirely to ram...most files are initially just symlinks to the KNOPPIX file system.
Using the 'toram' boot option might also work, but i can't remember if you need to still run mkwriteable.

Thanks for that. The remastered disk is designed to run with toram and does do this , but do you mean typing it at the boot prompt again?

Regards

Casio

If it's already running toram, then there's no need to add it manually. I guess it must load the KNOPPIX directory read-only as i suspected. If you load the file as a myDSL app with a *.dsl extension, it should work. Another option is to boot with the "write" boot option to automatically run mkwriteable (assuming it runs before extensions are loaded?).

Right - still not a 100 % as some of the files required were from other packages which were installed when uucp was via apt-get.

However I have just discovered that these *.deb files are sitting on the system under /ramdisk/var/cache/apt/archives. Is there any way to install these upon boot up ? The only problem would be postfix as it does start a wizard type screen asking questions which could be entered through I suppose.

Regards

Casio

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