[wplug] Re: Distro selection assistance.

[David Harper]

The issue I am having with Damn Small Linux ( and any other Knoppix type
boot CD) is the following error :

Can't find Knoppix filesystem, sorry.
Dropping you to a (very limited) shell.
Press reset button to quit

Then gives me the ability to use the following additional commands:
cat, mount, umount, insmod, rmmod, lsmod

Here is the out from mount:

rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
/dev/root.old / ext2 rw 0 0
/proc /proc proc rw 0 0
/dev/pts /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0

I have been able to load Ubuntu Breezy in server mode, but have run into
issues since to install it I have to use the pcmcia CD drive and then have
issues to get it to identify the 3COM PCMCIA network card or USB wireless
adapter.

I would love to get DSL to install to the harddrive but the dsl tohd command
still returns the previous error.

Thanks in advance and to all who have sent me words of wisdom.  I do plan on
buying some RAM to upgrade it to 128 MB from 64 MB.

Thanks,
David




> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:55:54 -0800 (PST)
> From: Juan Zuluaga <jz31416 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [wplug] Distro selection assistance.
> To: wplug at wplug.org
> Message-ID: <20060218205554.97450.qmail at web31603.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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> By DSl I assume you mean Damn Small Linux.
> What kinds of errors are you having?
> VAIOs are quirky.
> No experience with DamnSmall;
> To have the usual goodies, without complications,
> VectorLinux could be good. Either old 3.2 or the very
> last, that apparently has been made leaner than
> previous ones. 3.2 would be faster, but you quickly
> run into updating threadmill. Installing slapt-get
> helps in this case.
> Slackware or Debian will be the way to go if you have
> more specialized needs (and time for hours of
> tweaking). Debian tends to behave slower, but of
> course is much better when you have to weigh what to
> install given limited space, for its superior checks
> for software dependencies.
> BSDs could be both very fast and very good at letting
> you install only what you need. VAIOs, tho, are quirky
> beasts.
>
>
> > I wanted to see what opinions everyyone had on
> > the best distro for this.  I am in the process of
> > trying to get DSl to install, but having
> > some errors on it.
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:19:56 -0800 (PST)
> From: Juan Zuluaga < jz31416 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [wplug] Distro selection assistance
> To: wplug at wplug.org
> Message-ID: < 20060218211956.67752.qmail at web31605.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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> " I tried slackware, suse, fedora
> core, mepis, and gentoo (lol)."
>
> Would you mind telling what were the problems with
> Slackware? besides the infinite time to compile, were
> there other problems with gentoo?
>
>
> > Your main limitation is RAM, not CPU or disk space.
>
>
> Indeed -- but RAM for an old odd laptop can be
> ridiculously expensive  :(  .
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