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does anyone know if DSL writes to the backup file when closing. i have read while dsl is closing it say "backing up to /cdrom" which in my case it my usb key.
is there anyway to turn this off because i heard that USB keys only have a certain amount of write cycles before the are useless
thanks for any help! :)
Do not worry about this.

Your write cycle limit is something like 100,000 writes.

You will never reach this limit with ordinary backup/restore process upon exit.

The main danger of write cycles is if you are writing a web browser cache or a linux swap partition or swapfile, or an active logfile and these are writing to your USB flash device.

Since DSL "frugal" install does not do any of these things, you are safe.
hi its 1nc09nit0 from my school pcs,
i installed DSL by copying the files from the iso to the usb disk,
did i need to burn the iso and use the install to usb command?
Copying the files from the ISO is known as doing a "poormans install", while using the script is doing a "frugal install".

Your method will also work just fine.

However,  if you want to be able to save files to your drive and also avoid the "Please eject the CD from the drive" shutdown message, then please bootup with the "frugal" boot command, ie:

dsl frugal
are those the only differences between a "poormans install" and "frugal"?
and would i have to boot DSL from a cd and use ?
wht is the difference between "install to USB pendrive" and the "frugal install"?
oh and my usb pendrive is 256mb and i am not putting anything else on it, isnt the frugal install a compressed image?

Sorry bout all the questions
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