Adding apps to backup
Forum: Apps
Topic: Adding apps to backup
started by: boon
Posted by boon on Feb. 20 2006,15:26
Hi! I have an problem with restoring things up from an sda.It restores my theme browser cache and other stuff....
But my apps just dont restore
.I think I just ned to add smthin to my filetool.lst.
But what?
Two last things
1.Archives are downloaded in the default tmp folder
2. My filetool.lst file:
| Code Sample |
opt/ppp opt/bootlocal.sh opt/powerdown.sh opt/.dslrc opt/.mydsl_dir opt/.dslrc home/dsl/ |
Posted by doobit on Feb. 20 2006,15:42
I don't know it this is the problem, but for persistant apps you also need the path to filetool.lst to be in the filetool.lst - understand? Also, if you try to copy the apps to the root folder of sda you will corrupt the file system and need to reinstall. The apps should be copied as root user to /cdrom.
Posted by boon on Feb. 20 2006,15:57
I don't really understand what you are triyin to say but maybe i didn sad things correxctly... Iam running froma live cd and each time before shuting down saving al the stuff to the flash(sda) and restoring things up on the next boot 
I think it differ's things... but i am not sure
O yeah teese aren't any coustom apps theese are those dsl extensions
Posted by mikshaw on Feb. 20 2006,16:25
| Quote (roberts @ Jan. 24 2006,14:28) |
| I would not suggest to save extensions in your home directory. Since this post is under pendrive, it is even more important not to do so. Extensions are large and static, i.e, they do not change. Normal operating procedures imply that all files in your home dir will be in the backup/restore procedure. This then would imply the heavy writing and reading to the pendrive would occur with the extensions located there. You could of course add them to the .xfiletool.lst but this just complicates things. By design, it is preferred to save desired extensions to /cdrom This is the root writeable mountpoint for the pendrives and frugal type installs. So as root copy the extension to /cdrom and optionally create an optional directory there as well. This then would mean write once, read many, and this means much less wear on the pendrive as well as keeping the backup/restore to a minimum and uncomplicated. If you should be running a USB-ZIP type pendrive, then you may well not have enought space on /cdrom With this type of install it ispreferred to use sda2 the remaining partition for extensions and use the boot option mydsl=sda2 |
| Quote (roberts @ Feb. 14 2006,21:01) |
| When running frugal, liveCD, or any other compressed versions then deb packages should be treated like any other dsl package. That being, keep an uninstalled copy of the .deb(s) and then upon bootup use dpkg -i otherwise, you would be adding so much to the filetool list and also have the same issues of backing up and restoring large static packages that is very inefficent and not at all desireable. |
Posted by boon on Feb. 20 2006,17:12
So I need to add /cdrom to my filetool.lst?
Posted by mikshaw on Feb. 20 2006,18:07
No....that would be very bad =o)/cdrom is the partition on which DSL is installed, so anything you put there will stay as long as it is mounted (which it is by default). In your case, /cdrom is most likely equivalent to /mnt/sda1
Posted by boon on Feb. 20 2006,20:02
Sorry for my stupidity but what exactly i need to do for apps to be backed up arn restored(with icon on the desktop)1 more Q
I readed somwhere here to swithc to console i need to type ctrl+alt+backspace it works i am in console but how can i get back?
typing them agin doesn't work. And only thing that works is typing exit.but it puts me back just that i had booted(all progs closed and the howto showing up)
Thanks for waisting time with my stupid questions
Posted by doobit on Feb. 20 2006,20:35
The answer to how to get back to X is type "exit", if you want to get back without saving any changes, or "startx" if you want to go back to a restored desktop. ( I believe that's correct anyway) For the first part, I'm going to guess because I'm not in a place where I can test it right now. See in your filetool.lst the reference to /opt/bootlocal.sh? That file is a script that tells DSL what to run at boot time. Once you have saved your application, then you can open this bootlocal.sh script (as root) and put the path to that application in there and it will run at boot time.
Posted by mikshaw on Feb. 20 2006,20:37
Apps (at least mydsl and deb apps) are not backed up. They are installed each time you boot. I believe that was mentioned in the quotes i posted here.Get back to X by typing "startx"
Seeing how you are not aware of fundamental commands such as "startx", you really should consider reading a little about the basics of Linux.
< http://www.tldp.org/guides.html >
Posted by delaguer on Feb. 27 2006,06:05
Hi all, not sure if I'm supposed to start a new thread for this one but here is one quick question from me
I'm running DSL 1.5 HD install and I use mydsl to get several apps such as Opera, Xine, OpenOffice, Gaim, etc.... when I reboot, they're all there (the icons are on the desktop) except for OpenOffice.
What happened there?
Since the other apps are not gone after reboot, I believe OO should be there too no?
Any explanation is truly appreciated. Thanks.
*it's OpenOffice2.0 uci
Posted by cbagger01 on Feb. 27 2006,06:53
Open emelfm as user "dsl". Go to the OpenOffice2.0 uci file.Highlight it. Press the MYDSL button.
It should be back.
If you want a permanent installation of the files instead of the UCI mounting, you can install the non-UCI version of OpenOffice.
Posted by delaguer on Mar. 01 2006,02:47
thank you for the explanation cbagger