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Where exactly is the append line I put the save.dat path in?
Posted: 23 Jun 2023, 10:54
by 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.
Where exactly is the append line I put the save.dat path in?
Posted: 23 Jun 2023, 15:08
by 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
Where exactly is the append line I put the save.dat path in?
Posted: 23 Jun 2023, 15:44
by Ed_P
Asteroid wrote: ↑23 Jun 2023, 10:54
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.
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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.
Where exactly is the append line I put the save.dat path in?
Posted: 24 Jun 2023, 09:49
by 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
Where exactly is the append line I put the save.dat path in?
Posted: 24 Jun 2023, 15:59
by Ed_P
roro wrote: ↑24 Jun 2023, 09:49
Is changes the folder on the USB stick
yes
roro wrote: ↑24 Jun 2023, 09:49
and 50save.dat is the dat container ?
yes
roro wrote: ↑24 Jun 2023, 09:49
what does extramod mean?
It is where I add xzm modules I copy from other systems.