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Posted: April 10 2007,04:21 |
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| Quote (roberts @ April 09 2007,23:41) | | Additional applications, mydsl extensions, should never be in the backup file. The mydsl directory provides a distinct separation from applications and user files. Installing applications into loop device would suffer from the same system rot as traditional hard drive installations and therefore offer little advantage. |
I *have* the mydsl extensions loading the recommended way, AS mydsl files. That is not what is going into backup.tar.gz. The stuff I refer to in the backup file is not the apps themselves, but the settings info that they store in /home/dsl/.whateverapp_settings
wine stores some of its settings in /home/dsl/.wine, and some of its settings in /root/.wine, and it stores quite a bit of info.
Other apps, some built-in, such as sylpheed, store info under /home/dsl/Mail (i think thats the folder).
This is the info I was wanting to put in a loopfile, rather than backup.tar.gz
I saw in the FAQ how to use a persistence setting for home and opt, but not for the "~" folder ("/root" which I may be able to stuff off on a loopfile after the fact), but in order to have the persistence setting, wouldn't the device i put these under need to be formatted ext? Or would vfat do?
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