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08-06-2010, 10:01 AM
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#121
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Gordonsville-AKA Mayberry-Virginia
Distribution: Slack14.2/Many
Posts: 5,573
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what fs type is the partition your putting the slxsave.xfs?
it should say right before it loads the modules if it's saving changes, etc
I just checked it on latest nFluxOS Slackware and it's working on ext2/ext3/fat32...
it should work with just changes=slxsave.xfs
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08-06-2010, 10:48 AM
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#122
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Quote:
Originally Posted by linus72
try giving different paths to it
changes=/slxsave.xfs
changes=/mnt/sda8/slxsave.xfs
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No joy. Still nothing gets saved. Adding "debug" was no good. The upstart of the system halts.
Last edited by golfer7; 08-06-2010 at 11:04 AM.
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08-06-2010, 11:06 AM
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#123
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Location: Gordonsville-AKA Mayberry-Virginia
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yeah, it halts, and you gotta push enter or space bar
make dure there is /etc/profile.d/slax.sh and /etc/rc.d/rc.slax and in /etc/rc.d/rc.local that its starting the slax service?
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08-06-2010, 11:26 AM
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#124
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Quote:
Originally Posted by linus72
yeah, it halts, and you gotta push enter or space bar
make sure there is /etc/profile.d/slax.sh and /etc/rc.d/rc.slax and in /etc/rc.d/rc.local that its starting the slax service?
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Ok, I can see now that I have "forgot" to change /etc/rc.d/rc.local.new to /etc/rc.d/rc.local. Maybe that explains my problems.
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08-06-2010, 11:30 AM
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#125
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Quote:
Originally Posted by linus72
what fs type is the partition your putting the slxsave.xfs?
it should say right before it loads the modules if it's saving changes, etc
I just checked it on latest nFluxOS Slackware and it's working on ext2/ext3/fat32...
it should work with just changes=slxsave.xfs
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ext3
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08-06-2010, 12:28 PM
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#126
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Gordonsville-AKA Mayberry-Virginia
Distribution: Slack14.2/Many
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the rc.local looks like this
Code:
#!/bin/sh
#
# /etc/rc.d/rc.local: Local system initialization script.
#
# Put any local setup commands in here:
#
# put ssl libs of Firefox into the library paths list if found
for f in `ls -d /usr/lib/firefox* 2>/dev/null`
do
if [ ! -L "$f" ]; then
sslpath=$f
break
fi
done
if [ $sslpath ];then
inldconf=`grep $sslpath /etc/ld.so.conf`
if [ ! "$inldconf" ]; then
echo $sslpath >> /etc/ld.so.conf
fi
fi
# Include /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins in the plugin path:
# set it here in case we use Midori (usually set in firefox startup script)
if [ "$MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH" ] ; then
MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=$MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH:${moz_libdir}/plugins:/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
else
MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=${moz_libdir}/plugins:/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
fi
export MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH
#
# first-run machine initialization for x
if [ -x "/usr/local/sbin/vidconfig" ]; then
/usr/local/sbin/vidconfig
fi
#ifconfig etho down
#pppoe-start
# if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.wifi-radar ]; then
# /etc/rc.d/rc.wifi-radar start
# fi
## And of course, to rc.local_shutdown:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.wifi-radar ]; then
/etc/rc.d/rc.wifi-radar stop
fi
## To disable networkmanager, chmod rc.networkmanager to 644
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager start
fi
# Start the rc.slax script
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.slax ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.slax
fi
/usr/bin/linux_logo > /etc/issue
/usr/bin/linux_logo > /etc/issue.net
the rc.slax service runs the boot parameters...
Last edited by linus72; 08-06-2010 at 12:29 PM.
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08-06-2010, 01:45 PM
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#127
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Quote:
Originally Posted by linus72
the rc.local looks like this
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Yes, mine looks like that too (now). Unfortunately it did not help. Nothing gets saved as before. Something else must be wrong (obviously).
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08-06-2010, 02:00 PM
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#128
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Gordonsville-AKA Mayberry-Virginia
Distribution: Slack14.2/Many
Posts: 5,573
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and you got xfs stuff installed?
Code:
bash-4.1# slackpkg search xfs
Looking for xfs in package list. Please wait... DONE
The list below shows all packages with name matching "xfs".
[ installed ] - xfsprogs-3.1.1-i486-1
[ installed ] - xfsdump-3.0.4-i486-1
[ installed ] - obexfs-0.12-i486-1
[ installed ] - xfsinfo-1.0.2-i486-1
er...
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08-06-2010, 02:27 PM
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#129
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Quote:
Originally Posted by linus72
and you got xfs stuff installed?
Code:
bash-4.1# slackpkg search xfs
Looking for xfs in package list. Please wait... DONE
The list below shows all packages with name matching "xfs".
[ installed ] - xfsprogs-3.1.1-i486-1
[ installed ] - xfsdump-3.0.4-i486-1
[ installed ] - obexfs-0.12-i486-1
[ installed ] - xfsinfo-1.0.2-i486-1
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Sorry. It was a question of misunderstanding (as usual). I found this information on Salix Live website: Important! Once this file (slxsave.xfs) has been created, it is necessary to reboot the Live CD. From then on, Salix Live will begin to monitor any changes you perform and will record them in the new persistent file.
Everything works now. All changes are saved. I e network preferences, X configuration, bookmarks and so forth.
Last edited by golfer7; 08-06-2010 at 02:31 PM.
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08-06-2010, 04:06 PM
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#130
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Gordonsville-AKA Mayberry-Virginia
Distribution: Slack14.2/Many
Posts: 5,573
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oh
yeah, of course you gotta reboot
sorry as I thought you knew that...lol
I'm gonna redo the "howto" stuff and must make this clear....
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08-09-2010, 04:21 PM
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#131
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linus72,
Today I "discovered" a wonderful thing re. slxsave.xfs. If I install/transfer my remaster Exton-Slack 13.1 LiveDVD or SlackEX 13.1 LiveDVD to a USB-stick I can create the "save file" slxsave.xfs on the very same USB-stick and therefore be really portable. I e I can plug in my USB-stick on any computer anywhere with all my persistent changes.
Another wonderful/fantastic thing is that if you finally decide to install the Slackware system you have on a USB-stick to hard disk all your system changes are kept.
Last edited by golfer7; 08-09-2010 at 04:50 PM.
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08-09-2010, 07:45 PM
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#132
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Gordonsville-AKA Mayberry-Virginia
Distribution: Slack14.2/Many
Posts: 5,573
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Exactly brother!
It's almost better than using dd/partimage,etc to backup/clone your system!
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08-11-2010, 11:20 AM
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#133
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Registered: Jun 2010
Posts: 53
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Hi again linus72,
I just want to tell you that my latest Slackware 13.1 remaster SlackEX 13.1 with Gnome 2.30.2 now can be downloaded. The default locale is English. You can read about it HERE (in English).
I hope you want to check it out.
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08-11-2010, 12:16 PM
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#134
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Gordonsville-AKA Mayberry-Virginia
Distribution: Slack14.2/Many
Posts: 5,573
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hey golfer7
Yes, I am gonna check it out today bromeister
did you check out the 2 new Mini's I have made golfer7?
ClutchOS_Mini (163mb!!)
and ClutchOS_SCR Rescue edition (269mb)
their awesome!
I'll get back to you when SlackEX 13.1 is done downloading!
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08-11-2010, 02:39 PM
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#135
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Gordonsville-AKA Mayberry-Virginia
Distribution: Slack14.2/Many
Posts: 5,573
Original Poster
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brodog you forgot to mention the password?
lol
whats the password?
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