USB booting :: keeping things installed



Heyo. I've been having a little trouble with my usb booting Linux. Files save to the pendrive just like they would a harddrive, and when I use the backup function, I can save my resolution and background settings. However, everytime I boot up, I have to reinstall things like GAIM, Samba, and GTK_2. Also, my Firefox favorites do not save. Anyone have any ideas on what I could do to get this OS keeping things installed?

Thanks for your time
-wireframewolf
myDSL applications are installed into ramdisk, which means they disappear when you shut down.  If you place the apps in the root of your pendrive they should be automatically installed when you boot.

The backup/restore system backs up only what is listed in /home/dsl/.filetool.lst, and ignores what is in .xfiletool.lst.  If your bookmarks file is somewhere in /home/dsl I assume it would backup, unless you do not have "home/dsl/" in .filetool.lst.
Well, I tried moving the .dsl files to my root directory, and rebooted, they disappeared. However, when they are in /ramdisk/home/dsl, they actually stay there even after reboot. They're just not staying installed. So now I'm really confused.
He means,

move the *.dsl file into the root directory of your BOOT drive. In other words, if you are using a USBHDD pendrive, you would go to the fluxbox menu and choose "Emelfm as Super User" and then copy the file into the

/cdrom

folder.

Or the thumbdrive is usually the D: or E: drive in MSwindows if you are going to copy the files to the drive while still using windows.
I'm going to guess that the myDSL apps in /ramdisk/home/dsl (seem to) stay there because everything in that directory is being backed up, and restored when you reboot.  You'll need to have the apps placed somewhere where they will remain before the restoration takes place if you want them to be automatically loaded (myDSL apps get loaded before the restoration occurs).
So, yeah...as cbagger said, the root of your pendrive means on the pendrive itself...not the root of the DSL filesystem.  The filesystem root (/) is not persistent.
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