Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Harddrive installtion / how to

[Tim <t....@co...>]

Bruce Smith wrote:

>>I have an old 486DX2 66 and 40MB Ram. At the moment I have a FAT32 
>>Partition at my harddrive. But now I want to format it and install Devil 
>>Linux.
>>But how I can install Devil Linux to my partition/harddrive? I only want 
>>that computer for my router/firewall. So I want it on my harddrive with 
>>all configs because I want to modify a little bit someday.
>>I know that DL is for cd booting ;-)
>>
>>Btw... my bios only can boot from disc and harddrive.
>>Does DL needs 32MB Ram when I start it from harddrive or only when it 
>>must extract from CD booting?
>>    
>>
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>We don't support booting DL from hard drive.
>
>Does your machine have a floppy?  (and cant it boot from floppy?)
>If so, it's possible to boot the CD from floppy.
>
> - BS
>  
>
Now that's not true is it? The USB memory sticks emulate hard-drives, 
and those are supported. In fact my DL box has been running from a 
hard-drive for 2 years now... I used the install-on-usb script to 
install it.

Make sure you create 2nd parition (a few MB is enough) to hold the 
configuration file though.

However, modifing it is not easy, as it is installed on the HD as an 
"ISO" image file. You can add programs by making a "/opt" lv on the 
"devil-linux" vg, and putting it there.

Tim