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Posted: July 25 2006,09:53 QUOTE
Can DSL setting be saved to a thumb drive?

I try to save my setting by going toSystem, Backup/Restore in the desktop menu. I type in the name of the device to save to. I started by using a floppy disc.  I enter floppy in the box that appears, when I hit backup I get a "Invalid Device" error

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
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Posted: July 25 2006,10:20 QUOTE
Read dillo, that's the reason it pops up at start, it contains basic instructions.

Also i'm confused by your post. do you mean your using a floppy to boot the cd? if so the floppy is for boot only, your suppose to save the settings to hd,usb,external drive...
for the floppy it's /dev/fd0
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Posted: July 25 2006,17:26 QUOTE
to backup to thumbdrive, you must find out what device the thumbdrive is called.
usually it's sda1 (if it's the only usb storage).

more info about device names;
http://petepr.hopto.org/dsl/guides.html#Disks
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Posted: July 26 2006,02:17 QUOTE
Quote (Airesz @ July 25 2006,05:53)
...I get a "Invalid Device" error

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?

Are you remembering to mount the floppy before trying to save to it?
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Posted: Aug. 13 2006,04:06 QUOTE
The info presented in Dillo is helpful but sparse. Twice I've banged my head against this issue (so I'm a slow learner) and discovered the problem was I'd entered the full pathname of the device. All you have to enter is the "sda1" for a USB flash drive or "fd0" or whatever device you're looking for. (I believe a floppy drive is usually fd0. I installed one in the last box I built, but I've never actually used it!)

For a USB flash drive, it doesn't even have to be mounted. I don't know if floppies are treated differently.

Perhaps if the prompt window made it clear that "/dev/" was already assumed it would be less confusing?
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