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| - | ===== Introduction ===== | + | This file has been replaced with |
| - | This article goes over the functionality of persistent user data on Tiny Core Linux. Other articles will explain how to get your installed applications to stick. This article will concern itself | + | |
| + | http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/ | ||
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| ===== Where it all begins ===== | ===== Where it all begins ===== | ||
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| A GUI called filetool can be used as well, and can be called from the control panel button " | A GUI called filetool can be used as well, and can be called from the control panel button " | ||
| - | By default, filetool saves all files and folders in /home/tc to mydata.tgz. | ||
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| - | ===== Saving Automatically at Shutdown ===== | ||
| - | To save your settings and files automatically at shutdown, add the line: | ||
| - | filetool.sh backup | ||
| - | to / | ||
| - | You must run filetool manually at least once to set the correct backup device. On subsequent boots, the .backup_device file is automatically generated. | ||
| - | ===== Restoring Automatically at Startup ===== | ||
| - | We encounter a classic chicken-egg problem if we attempt to restore files using / | ||
| - | Using kernel argument | ||
| - | restore=UUID= | ||
| ===== .filetool.lst and .xfiletool.lst ===== | ===== .filetool.lst and .xfiletool.lst ===== | ||
