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Unable to save MyDSL apps on USB

 
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geekyBodhi



Joined: 04 Jun 2006
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:04 am    Post subject: Unable to save MyDSL apps on USB Reply with quote

Hello,

I know this isn't rocket science and am possibly overlooking something here.

I have successfully booted off my USB-HDD pendrive install, without any boot params. Once on the desktop, I did some work, browsed, saved stuff in my home dir, which on shutdown is (automatically) tarred and gunzip and saved on my pendrive and restored (automatically) on subsequent boots.

But I am unable to save the apps I install through MyDSL. All I get is a "unsaved extension" warning at shutdown and when I click on "Yes" to let DSL-N save those extenstions nothing (apparently) happens.

So my questions is: does something need to be done, running a script maybe, to get to save these extensions? Secondly, will they be restored automatically like the data in the home dir upon subsequent boots?

Thank you for DSL and DSL-N. My old desktops have suddenly become useful again.

Cheers!


Mayank

UPDATE: When booting from USB, I booted with the "dsl frugal" option. Once inside I downloaded an app, and on shutdown *wasn't* presented with the "Unsaved extensions" message. But on reboot, the extention wasn't loaded! I have absolutely no clue now on saving extentions while botting from USB. Any pointers?
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roberts



Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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Location: OC CA USA

PostPosted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Typically for a USB-HDD install, you have one partition on the pendrive.
Typically when one downloads extensions, they default to /tmp/
To save extensions use the file manager as super-user root and copy them from /tmp to /cdrom

Then upon reboot your extensions will seamlessly be auto-loaded.
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geekyBodhi



Joined: 04 Jun 2006
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hurray! It works! Thank you. -M
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