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Posted: Sep. 14 2007,19:20 QUOTE

Could anyone advice me what would be the easiest way to have my DSL start as a console only.. so no X.. my application doesnt need X and since i dont need it i dont want to waste the memory on it..

Is there a way by the way to make the backup file for my frugal from the prompt? Right now thats the only reason I still need to use X..

Alex
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Posted: Sep. 14 2007,20:18 QUOTE

1. Boot with "2" for textmode.  (see cheatcodes)

2. Use a script for backup; write your own or copy one already posted on the boards.
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Posted: Sep. 14 2007,21:34 QUOTE

The filetool GUI you see with X just feeds a command line script, filetool.sh

To use this command line version you need to be root or use sudo

The default backup device is specified in /opt/.backup_device
Use an editor to input or change this default. Then simply use...

# filetool.sh backup

This will display each file as it is being written to the backup and will prompt at each screen full.

# filetool.sh backup noprompt

This suppresses the list of file and prompt, like when called from the GUI.

Optionally you can use the third argument to override the default backup device by using

# filetool.sh backup noprompt hdb1

Use extreme care as this override is the third argument and having multiple backups at different locations will become very confusing. The autoscan to restore will use the first backup found unless you always use the restore=hdb1 option.
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Posted: Sep. 15 2007,05:27 QUOTE

Excellent.. thanks for all your help!
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Posted: Sep. 15 2007,13:07 QUOTE

'dsl 2' will boot you to a console logged in as root. 'dsl 3' will give you 4 consoles logged in as user dsl.
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