User Feedback :: Does 'restore' really work in 0.9.2?
After downloading the syslinux iso of dsl 0.9.2, I realized that my hard disk install would not boot. I got the dreaded 'LI' when lilo tried to boot up.
So after this setback, I decided to try to use hda3 as my restore location. I followed the instructons as written in the quick start that pops up whenever you boot dsl. I diddled the settings a few times, but on each reboot the same darn desktop appears. I'm slowly concluding that restore does not work as I assume it should.
What am I doing wrong?
What are you doing?
Restore may not work as you assume it should, but it does work.
As an example, I have a small partition dedicated to DSL, hda4. On this partition I have an 'optional' directory in which I put all my extensions, except a couple I want auto-loaded, placed in the root of the partition.
Also in the root of the partition I have an archive named 'backup.tar.gz' (the name of this file is important...DSL looks for this file while booting). The archive has the same type of structure as a tar.gz extension.../opt, /home, and /tmp files with proper directory structure and ownership.
That's it as far as restore goes. Keep in mind that by default DSL will overwrite this backup file with whatever is listed in ~/filetool.lst, so you'll definitely want to either edit or remove this file before reboot/shutdown.
I see the backup.tar.gz on my restore partition, too,
and I've looked at the its contents which shows various
files.
"Keep in mind that by default DSL will overwrite this backup file with
whatever is listed in ~/filetool.lst." -mikshaw
So must I delete the ~/filetool.lst after each bootup and unzip the
backup.tar.gz to re-establish my configurations?
No...DSL should automatically find and extract the archive if it's located in the root of a readable partition.
If you have the same files/directories listed in filetool.lst as those in the backup.tar.gz, you'll get the same files backed up. If you want to continue using the exact same archive every time you boot you can comment out the backup line in /opt/powerdown.sh and add that file to your archive.
"various files" doesn't explain a lot...do these files have the right directory structure in the archive, and do they have appropriate ownership? Everything should be owned by root except for the files in /home/dsl and below, which should be owned by dsl.
..JOE 
...did you install My-DSL's "gnu-utils.dsl".?
see my post in: "HD Install » DLS-hd with -not detected partition-"
had some of these starting-probs while I started here these days.first with 0.9.1...
...now 0.9.2 runs quick like a fox from hd on both of my puters, just printing is a lill tricky, ..but I try day by day
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