Where exactly is the append line I put the save.dat path in?

[Asteroid]

I used the Porteus SaveFile Manager and put the path to the .dat file in the LABEL GRAPHICAL section where it said APPEND changes=, but nothing has saved any time I shutdown. Am I supposed to create a new line at the bottom of the porteus.cfg file that starts with "APPEND changes=" and if that's so, do I also just add any other config setting to the end of that line?
Considering every other forum post I've seen seems to just refer to it as "the APPEND line" with no further explanation as if it's the most obvious thing, I'd hope it would be.

[beny]

hi look at this i have used the txt mode,when you have done the save .dat this is the append line for me,is better to put into the usb root key

LABEL text
MENU LABEL Text mode
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/vmlinuz
INITRD /boot/syslinux/initrd.xz
APPEND changes=/mnt/sdh1/porteussave-2-2-2.dat text 3 i8042.nopnp
TEXT HELP
Run Porteus in text mode and
start the command prompt only
ENDTEXT

[Ed_P]

Considering every other forum post I've seen seems to just refer to it as "the APPEND line" with no further explanation as if it's the most obvious thing, I'd hope it would be.

It is.

My USB drive's /boot/syslinux/porteus.cfg boot menus.

Code: Select all

LABEL GRAPHICAL
MENU LABEL Graphics mode
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/vmlinuz
INITRD /boot/syslinux/initrd.xz
APPEND changes=EXIT:UUID:C23A-6012/changes/50save.dat extramod=UUID:C23A-6012/Modules 
TEXT HELP
    Run Porteus the best way we can.
    Try to autoconfigure graphics
    card and use the maximum allowed
    resolution. If booting from a
    non-posix (FAT/NTFS) drive,
    see the Saving Changes Help
    below for how to save changes.
ENDTEXT

LABEL safe
MENU LABEL Graphics mode (Safe)
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/vmlinuz
INITRD /boot/syslinux/initrd.xz
APPEND extramod=UUID:C23A-6012/Modules noload=save.dat
TEXT HELP
    Run Porteus the best way we can.
    Try to autoconfigure graphics
    card and use the maximum allowed
    resolution. 
    
    Porteus Changes Are Not Saved "
    
ENDTEXT

Note that I use the USB drive's UUID code in the location of the changes and extramods. It insures the save.dat folder is the USB drive's folder and not the system on my harddrive or another USB drive when copying files between them so the changes go to the right drive.

[roro]

Hi Ed_P,
Is changes the folder on the USB stick
and 50save.dat is the dat container ?
But what does extramod mean?
thanks

[Ed_P]

Is changes the folder on the USB stick

yes

and 50save.dat is the dat container ?

yes

what does extramod mean?

It is where I add xzm modules I copy from other systems.