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Topic: trouble saving, trouble with saving my work

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bjg5858

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Posted: Aug. 29 2007,19:44

Hi i have checked the .filelist.lst and .xfilelist.lst and my home directoy is included in the .filelist and everything seems fine but if i save anything in my home directory it dissapears when i re-boot here are the contents of the two files. Any help much appreciated.....

.filelist.lst

opt/ppp
opt/bootlocal.sh
opt/powerdown.sh
opt/.dslrc
opt/.mydsl_dir
home/dsl/

.xfilelist.lst

Cache
XUL.mfasl
home/dsl/mnt
home/dsl/.jwmrc
home/dsl/.opera/cache4
home/dsl/.opera/images
home/dsl/.fluxbox/mydsl.menu

roberts

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Posted: Aug. 29 2007,19:53

What backup device have you selected?
Use DSLpanel icon and select Backup/Restore to enter such, e.g. sda2
Or boot dsl with the restore option, e.g. restore=sda2
DSL does not write/backup unless you specify where is should.

Edited by roberts on Aug. 29 2007,19:54