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Posted: Dec. 24 2005,05:56 QUOTE

Sorry if this has been beat to death but I need someone to explain to me in layman's terms how to save programs that I download.  Thanks!
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Posted: Dec. 27 2005,18:37 QUOTE

Open emelfm and go to the /tmp directory

Copy the programs over to another location like

/mnt/hda1  (you need to mount it first by going to /mnt and right-click on hda1 and choose MOUNT from the menu)

Then after reboot, go back to that location and highlight the file and press the myDSL button in the emelfm window
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Posted: Dec. 27 2005,22:01 QUOTE

In looking at the batch file for loading DSL embedded I see the following:

-hdb qemu/harddisk

which I interpret that hdb will be file 'qemu/harddisk' so I open up emelfm and go to /mnt I see hdb1. But when I try to mount it, I get the following error message:

mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified

What steps should I go through to make /mnt/hdb1 formatted and mounted?

Thanks,

desNotes

PS To bring this into perspective to the above question, I would like to install Python to a directory in which it will stay after re-booting.
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Posted: Dec. 27 2005,23:48 QUOTE

Qemu version of DSL has a 60MB virtual hard drive.
It is already setup as the default backup/restore device.
It is hdb. It is shown in the backup/restore GUI
You may copy extensions there for later bootup.

This question has been asked many times and you can probably search for more info.

Making a larger virtual drive is more of a Qemu question than a DSL question.  
If you boot natively and wish to also access the Qemu virtual hard drive
then booting with qemu option will provide a mountable harddisk
to share between Qemu and native DSL for both bakcup/restore and extensions.
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Posted: Dec. 28 2005,00:00 QUOTE

Thank you for the pointer. I have been reviewing the help, forums and wiki before posting but I get a little confused (comes with age  :D ) in trying to determine what is attributable to Embedded DSL vs the various other installation and uses.

Thanks again,

desNotes
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