Preferences....

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: Preferences....
started by: Nikosapi

Posted by Nikosapi on July 10 2005,17:38

What files contain your prefereces in DSL?
What I'm talking about is thinks like files that control were the icons are and what desktop style your using.
What I'm planning to do is set up my desktop the way I like it then save those preference files on my own custom dsl cd, then add somekind of script that swaps the preference files at boot, so when I boot I have my own custom desktop.
Now for a few questions:
1. Is this even possible?
2. Is there already an easier way to do this?
Thanks,
-->Nikosapi

Posted by Nikosapi on July 10 2005,20:48

Ok, I think I figured it out.
I think it has something to do with the backup/restore utility and the filetool.lst file.
One BIG problem, how come evey time I press backup in the backup/restore utility (right click-->System-->Backup/Restore), the backup/restore utility just freezes. Maybe I'm not entering the right info. This is what I've tried: /dev/hdd1 (my harddisk), /mnt/hdd1 (my harddisk), /dev/sda1 (my mp3 player), /mnt/sda1 (my mp3 player). They all seem to freeze the backup/restore utility when I press backup.
How do you people normaly do this?
thanks once again,
-->Nikosapi

Posted by Nikosapi on July 10 2005,20:50

oops forgot to login for that last post!!!

Posted by ke4nt1 on July 10 2005,21:38

In the entry box, just add a partition like this..

hdd1
or
sda1

Let us know..

73
ke4nt

Posted by Nikosapi on July 10 2005,21:48

THANK YOU!!!
as you can tell by the caps, it works!
now to go buy a USB memory key!
thanks ke4nt1!
-->Nikosapi