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Posted: May 11 2006,22:00 QUOTE
I currently use DSL Embeded on my pen drive. This way i can load it from there without having to reboot the computer.

I know that hdb is /qemu/harddisk (as stated in the command-line parameters), but how can I save my files back to it?

I am new to this and can't understand how to save files in a way that it is possible to retrieve tham at a later time.

If I install extentions, and i attempt a shut down/reboot, it asks me to save the ramdisk (or something along those lines), but i can't find the correct location and dont know if this is even possible.

thanx for your help!
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Posted: May 11 2006,23:29 QUOTE
Look for the DSL Control Panel (workspace icon or System - Control Panel). There is also an icon for Backup/Restore. Click it and put in 'hdb' without the quotes and click on backup. When you download extensions (or files) save them to the hdb disk. This is the summary version. I would also suggest checking out the DSL wiki.

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Posted: May 12 2006,00:04 QUOTE
what is the full location of hdb? I have found it in SEVERAL locations.
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Posted: May 12 2006,00:30 QUOTE
ive looked on the wiki... cant find anything. The backup doesnt seem to do much. and i dont think it is writing to the USB drive
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Posted: May 12 2006,06:36 QUOTE
just enter 'hdb' at the backup/restore promprt. Here is an excerp from the FAQ in the wiki:

How do I save my settings?

When booting from the CD or a frugal install your application settings, bookmarks, etc can be saved to separate file on a hard drive partition/usb key/floppy called backup.tar.gz. To create this file choose on System, Backup/Restore in the desktop menu, type in the name of the device to save to (e.g. hda1/sda1/floppy) and hit backup. Then when you reboot your settings can be restored using the cheatcode restore={hda1/sda1/floppy}. To change which files are saved edit /home/dsl/.filetool.lst (list of files to backup) and /home/dsl/.xfiletool.lst (list of files to exclude from the backup process). Adding files to .filetool.lst can be easily done by choosing the file/dir in emelfm and clicking the 'Add2Filetool" button.

The default files/dir saved at backup are:

opt/ppp
opt/bootlocal.sh
opt/powerdown.sh
opt/.dslrc
opt/.mydsl_dir
home/dsl/

If you decide you only want to save certain files in home/dsl/ and not the entire directory, you would want to remove home/dsl/ from .filetool.lst but add .filetool.lst and .xfiletool.lst to the .filetool.lst file.

Here is how it might look in this situation adding just the /home/dsl/.fluxbox directory

opt/ppp
opt/bootlocal.sh
opt/powerdown.sh
opt/.dslrc
opt/.mydsl_dir
home/dsl/.fluxbox
home/dsl/.filetool.lst
home/dsl/.xfiletool.lst
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