Savefile resizing suggestion
Posted: 18 Apr 2019, 10:11
Had the pleasure of using the native gui tool to resize the savefile for fat32 stick use. Very nice.
However, you need to do this in "Always Fresh" mode. No problem. But if you are in another mode, the tool will let you go through the process and then warn you to go Alway Fresh *after* you fill in all the info. Maybe warn you up front instead? Yeah, it's good practice, and when you do it once you'll probably never forget again.
My system was getting kind of sluggish, and I thought it might have been me burning up my usb stick with all my Porteus testing - when in fact my default 512mb file was about 87% full. So I resized it no problem, and the random sluggishness went away of course.
But I only saw this watching the shutdown stanza actually finish. Heh, so that's why the led on my stick was constantly active before.
Neither is a big deal but more a tip for new users who may not have led's on their sticks, or just walk away when shutting down. Don't be stingy with your savefile size if you have the space, and just might explain sudden random sluggishness if you aren't really paying attention. Towards the end I wasn't, and the resize got me back in shape.
However, you need to do this in "Always Fresh" mode. No problem. But if you are in another mode, the tool will let you go through the process and then warn you to go Alway Fresh *after* you fill in all the info. Maybe warn you up front instead? Yeah, it's good practice, and when you do it once you'll probably never forget again.
My system was getting kind of sluggish, and I thought it might have been me burning up my usb stick with all my Porteus testing - when in fact my default 512mb file was about 87% full. So I resized it no problem, and the random sluggishness went away of course.
But I only saw this watching the shutdown stanza actually finish. Heh, so that's why the led on my stick was constantly active before.
Neither is a big deal but more a tip for new users who may not have led's on their sticks, or just walk away when shutting down. Don't be stingy with your savefile size if you have the space, and just might explain sudden random sluggishness if you aren't really paying attention. Towards the end I wasn't, and the resize got me back in shape.