Invalid DeviceForum: Other Help Topics Topic: Invalid Device started by: Airesz Posted by Airesz on July 25 2006,09:53
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? Posted by kerry on July 25 2006,10:20
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 Posted by humpty on July 25 2006,17:26
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 > Posted by newby on July 26 2006,02:17
Are you remembering to mount the floppy before trying to save to it? Posted by tef on Aug. 13 2006,04:06
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? |