DSL Tips and Tricks :: SAVING what you've downloaded to usb thumb drive



Hi sorry I'm a newbie.. I have just ONE question.. please look at the sequence..

1) I've boot-up DSL via LIVE CD  (ok)
2) I've downloaded GAIM , Ymessanger, Doom, Skype (ok)
3) I've clicked on "System" => "Backup/Restore", then typed in "sda1" then clicked on "BACKUP" button to save (ok)

now if I reboot my machine, will all those downloaded application be loaded off my usb thumbdrive (sda1) ??  or will they be GONE and I have to re-download each time ??

and when I clicked on. "Apps" => "Tools" => "Make myDSL CD remaster". It says "this script is required to be run in "toram" mode"   HOW DO I GET THERE ??

Thanks for your help guys !!
Your mydsl applications will not be restored by using the backup/restore feature.  That feature is mainly for saving configuration files and personal data files.  If you copy the mydsl packages into the root (the  bottom level) of sda1 they should be automatically installed when you reboot....that is as long as sda1 is where DSL is installed (also listed as /cdrom).

Toram is a boot option that loads KNOPPIX into RAM.  It is enabled by adding "toram" or "dsl toram" to your boot options...lilo.conf or menu.lst depending on whether you use lilo or grub.  The configuration file should be in /mnt/sda1/boot or /cdrom/boot
hi milkshaw thank you so much :)  sorry i forgot to keep track of this thread ! sorry for the delay :)

have a good work week :)
Most of this is explained in the Getting Started document.
Most users just close it and don't read it.

Additional applications, MyDSL, extensions, are LARGE, and there are STATIC. It would make no sense to have them in the backup each and every time you shutdown. Because of these simple facts the MyDSL application "packages" are separate. For persistenacy they must be:

1. Stored on a hard drive partition or other extenal device.
   They may be autoreloaded via the boot time option of mydsl=hdaX
2.  or if they are placed in the root directory of the boot device, i.e., where the KNOPPIX directory resides, they will be automatically loaded at boot time.


If you make an optional directory alongside the KNOPPIX directory or on the partition where the other MyDSL extensions are stored, and place some of the extensions into this optional directory then a menu will be created upon boot to make the extensions selectable for on demand loading.

If you are running a frugal install, as root copy those extensions that you wish to keep to /cdrom.  Yes, /cdrom is writeable as root on any frugal type install.

The DSL system is designed primarily as a liveCD based system or an emulation thereof, i.e., frugal, or poorman's install. That is the reason the extensions by default are downloaded into the /tmp directory.

As we have many new users, they come from the perspective of the old way of using an operating system. They get a cdrom and immediately want to install. We offer that method as well, but it is not the focus of any of the developers of DSL. The whole idea of DSL is to push the abilities of using liveCD/frugal type installs.

HTH
hi boss..

somehow i can't find the "getting started" document or thread. Could you kindly link me to that page ?  I'll then print it out for future reference. Thanks and have a good day :)
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