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The code sample you provided worked perfectly.  Now Open Office loads at the start.  Thanks for that. :D

You should edit the wiki and put in that little bit of code as an example of what to do.  I think it would help a lot.

Thanks again.
I was under the impression that the mydsl directory was implemented to remove the issue of people not knowing where to put mydsl extensions.  Unfortunately I never quite understood why it would be any simpler for them unless the mydsl directory had already been provided in the iso, and automatically created when DSL is installed to harddrive.

If a user doesn't understand what it means to save extensions to the top level of the DSL partition, he's also not going to understand what it means to create a directory in the top level of the DSL partition.
The mydsl directory was created so that no boot option would be required to autoload extensions. The idea is to be able to have a hands free boot from liveCD that would load up extensions and restore user backup. I could not premake a mydsl directory It can be on a hard drive partition, a pendrive, a CF, etc, etc. It does not have to be on the same level as, or even on the same partition as, the DSL (KNOPPIX) image.

The last place I would recommend is under /home/dsl as that is the default for the backup/restore. Placing it there just ballons up the backup/restore. Which in turns slows down everything let alone using excess ramdisk. Extensions should always be separate from regular user files. Extensions being code and libaries are static. User files and configurations should be the only things within the backup/restore.

With so many combinations of options, including persistent home and opt. It is not always easy to give stock answers, either here or in the Wiki.

Many times, questions posted and answers to such are for a very particular set of combinations.

DSL, does not make decisions for you. With many choices comes complexitiy but also much flexibility..

There really is method to my madness.

I guess that would explain things nicely, thanks.

Also I'm in full agreement about giving answers depending on combinations of options, to the point where I disagree with you =o)
Personally I have a mydsl directory in /home/dsl and it works well for me. However, this is used _without_ backup/restore and _with_ a persistent home so it does not suffer the resource waste that would accompany backing up extensions.

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