Installing Damn Small Linux To Hard Disk

Damn Small Linux - Download and burn to CD.
Installation steps
Step 1 - Booting your computer off the CD
- Go to your BIOS and make sure that it is set to boot of CD rom
- Boot From CD - if you are asked
- Once your in DSL (Damn Small Linux)
- Run Terminal ( Right click and select XSHELL you can choose from Transparent, Dark and light, all of them does the same thing)
Step 2 - Installing DSL
- On the terminal type the following
- sudo su
- cfdisk
- On cfdisk menu, delete all partition, highlight then select delete
- Once deleted the old partition, create a new partition one for DSL and one for swap
Sample partition
- 6500mb for /dev/hda1 and make this partition Bootable, by selecting bootable
- 1000mb for /dev/hda2 this is for swap space
- Once partition is created, select /dev/hda2 then select type, type in the number "82" this will set /dev/hda2 as swap partition type
- Once type has been set for swap, select "write" and exit cfdisk
- After exiting cfdisk type the following command to create the swap disk
- mkswap /dev/hda2
- After making the swap, go back to DSL desktop, right click then select Apps > Tools > Install to HD
Step 3- On Installation Screen
- Select to install to hda1 or /dev/hda1
- Choose ext2 when ask whether ext2 or ext3
- When ask to install bootloader either one is ok, grub or lilo doesn't matter
- it will install bootloader to MBR
- When done installing it will ask you to reboot, take out the cd and reboot, then your done installing
Step 4 - Post Installation after Reboot
- Select Vesa driver when asked for driver,
- Select 1028 when ask for resolution
- You can skip DPI question(I did)
- Once your in then your done installing.
Enjoy!
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