DynebolicFaq : [[http://dynebolic.org/|dyne:bolic homepage]]
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'''HardDiskInstallation'''

==== Is it possible to install dynebolic on a hard disk? If so, what filesystems are supported? ====


As of version 1.2, yes! This procedure is called "docking", and all you have to do is copy the entire dyne/ directory and subdirectories to the root directory of your hard disk (using Winblows for example that would result in C:\\dyne\), whether you have got ext2/3, reiserfs, NTFS, all kind of DOS FAT, BeOS, or *BSD. Hehe! 
Afterwards you have to boot up normally using your dyne:bolic cd, which will automatically recognize the harddisk partition that contains the dyne/ subdirectory, therefore ejecting the dyne:bolic cd and booting up the image from harddisk. 
Easy, ain't it?


==== What if I didn't want to use the cd? ====

You can, as long as you are using a bootloader such as GRUB or LILO (beeing very careful) and dedicating a partition for dynebolic (please refer to the [[http://lab.dyne.org/Nesting|Nesting]] faq in order to do that), in which, as stated you will have to copy the whole dyne/ directory off the cd:

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'''''Grub configuration:'''''

Add the following to your ''grub.conf'' file:

              {{{title Dynebolic
              kernel (hdx,y)/dyne/Linux root=/dev/ram0 rw load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 ramdisk_start=0 vga=zzzzz max_loop=128
              initrd (hdy,y)/dyne/initrd.gz}}}
 
...-(the "kernel" line must not be wrapped up)-where '''x'''=harddisk and '''y'''=partition where your dyne/ directory is (for example (hd0,0) would mean first hardisk, first partition; (hd1,0) second harddisk, first partition; (hd0,1) first harddisk, second partition and so on...)

As for the vga option, please refer to the chart further on, substituting the '''zzzzz''' number with the hexadecimal number of your choice.
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'''''Lilo configuration:'''''

1.Add the following to your ''/etc/lilo.conf'' file:

     {{{image = /path.of.mounted.dyne.directory/dyne/Linux
             label = dyne:bolic
             root = /dev/ram0
             initrd = /path.of.mounted.dyne.directory/dyne/initrd.gz
             append = "max_loop=128"
             read-write
             vga = zzz}}}

...where '''path.of.mounted.dyne.directory''' is where your dyne directory resides (in my case, since I mount the /dev/hda4 partition containing the dyne/ directory in /mnt/dynebolic, that would result in ''image = /mnt/dynebolic/dyne/Linux'' and ''initrd = /mnt/dynebolic/dyne/initrd.gz'' accordingly)

As for the vga option, please refer to the chart further on, substituting the '''zzz''' number with the decimal number of your choice.

2.Run {{{lilo -t}}} (test), and if lilo didn't show errors, run {{{lilo}}} and reboot.
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That's it! You now have a working dynebolic hd install without the need to boot from cd!
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Colour Chart:

||Colours||640x480||800x600||1024x768||1152x864||1280x1024||1600x1200||
||15 bits|| 0x310 || 0x313 ||  0x316 ||  0x162 ||  0x319  ||  0x31D  ||
||16 bits|| 0x311 || 0x314 ||  0x317 ||  0x163 ||  0x31A  ||  0x31E  ||
||decimal||  785  ||  788  ||   791  ||    ?   ||   794   ||    798  ||
||24 bits|| 0x312 || 0x315 ||  0x318 ||    ?   ||  0x31B  ||  0x31F  ||
||decimal||  786  ||  789  ||   792  ||    ?   ||    795  ||   799   ||
||32 bits||   ?   ||   ?   ||    ?   ||  0x164 ||    ?    ||    ?    ||

==== Is it possible to use a special partition with the iso on it? ====

I want to boot dyne:bolic on my hard drive with the iso image mounted, I know this is doable, I just need a script or documentation, where can I find that?

See http://freaknet.org/martin/dynebolic/ for some notes and helper scripts. --rurban

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DynebolicFaq : [[http://dynebolic.org/|dyne:bolic homepage]]
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Created on 27-10-2003 by Tommy Drum for the community; please update, correct & contribute!