DSL Embedded :: Hang on "Restoring backup files"

Great idea, DSL. Having much fun!

Running dsl-3.2-embedded on Windows XP. Everything works great: getting into DSL, downloading myDSL apps, editing files, etc. Eventually, however, when booting DSL hangs on "Restoring backup files from /mnt/hdb". Is there a way to force DSL past this? I lost my first DSL package to this problem. Loaded apps to new DSL, and now have lost my second DSL package to this problem. Really don't want to load all my apps to a third DSL.

Thanks.
Jeff.

Do not store mydsl extensions in your backup!
I suspect your backup is unterminated because of out of space condition. If you have enough space on hdb then copy them there and use the mydsl=hdb boot option or make an addition virtual hard drive hdc for them.

To start without a backup add the boot time option norestore to the append clause in the dsl-windows.bat file.

Thanks for the clarification. Looks like you have to address this issue frequently. Sorry to add another instance.

I'm creating a larger virtual hard drive per your instructions (http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Creating_a_Larger_Virtual_HDD). I need clarification. Feel free to wring your hands and curse my ignorance.

> dd of=harddisk bs=1024 seek=60000 count=0

ok

> mke2fs harddisk ( ignore the warning and proceed )

ok

> mkdir /mnt/test2

ok

> mount harddisk /mnt/test -o loop

ok

> mount newdrive /mnt/test2 -o loop

oops. newdrive doesn't exist. Can you point me to instructions to make newdrive (by whatever name) exist?

Per the instructions posted on the Wiki...
If you make a larger pseduo harddisk, with a different name of course, then mount both the 60MB and your new one.

Hence:
dd of=your_different_name_here bs=1024 seek=your_size_here count=0
mke2fs your_different_name_here ( ignore the warning and proceed )
mount your_different_name_here /mnt/test2 -o loop

Your second, newdrive needs to be a different name.
What you did was to wipe out the existing virtual harddisk and recreate it when you really wanted to make another virtual harddisk and it must have a different name and most likely larger than 60000

Okay.

dd of=/dev/hdc bs=1024 seek=60000 count=0
mke2fs /dev/hdc
mkdir /mnt/hdc
mount /dev/hdc /mnt/hdc -o loop
mount: You must specify the filesystem type.
mount /dev/hdc /mnt/hdc -o loop -t ext2
mount: Wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock in /dev/loop0, or too many mounted file systems.

Booting I get this message:
ext2-fs warning: maximal mount count reached.

So my questions:
1) What am I doing wrong that I can't mount hdc?
2) If I save to hdc, will I lose what I save when I shutdown?

Thanks for your help.

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