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[Flash]

As I evidently failed to make clear in my previous post, the order that sessions are loaded from the DVD into RAM when Puppy boots doesn't seem to matter. Puppy's layered filesystem combines everything correctly no matter what. So that, for instance, if a file from an earlier session is deleted in a later session, that file does not show up after multisession Puppy boots.

Exactly how the layered filesystem works its magic I do not know. I believe there are several threads in the forum that discuss it in some detail. Good luck finding them. They are several years old. I think Puppy originally used Aufs for its layered filesystem, but then that was dropped in favor of a simpler method. I could be wrong. There may be something in Barry's blog about it. Look in his blog's archives.

[8-bit]

Flash,

But what about a system configuration file that was edited and saved in two separate sessions.

If the order of loading the sessions does not make any difference, then it is feasible that an earlier not wanted version of the file could replace the wanted version of the file.

I am still trying to get the multi-session DVD with Slacko 5.4 to remember and use my WIFI settings that I am using ndiswrapper with.

When I set it up, it works. I save the settings. But on the next boot, the wifi hardware is not seen and not set up automatically.

I have to set it up each time and that does not seem right to me.

So do I have to make a new multi-session DVD and set up everything all at once before it saves the first session?

This is bugging me as it does not seem to work at all like a hard drive frugal install with use of a pupsave file.

[Jasper]

Hi 8-bit,

Open your DVD and post a screen shot.

My regards

[8-bit]

I think the mind is the first thing to go!
I stated the multi-session DVD was Slacko 5.4 when it instead was Puppy Lupu 528.

But you asked for a screen shot, so here it is.

[Jasper]

Hi 8-bit,

Your screen shot looks fine and there is no problem with
cumulative loading sequence, whatever and whenever you added
or deleted anything. Trust BarryK - it works.

With "puppy pfix=1" you will have the cumulative effect of
your first three files - pfix=2 your first two November files
and pfix=3 your original file - pfix=4 would be pointless, and
ordinary mortals should accept this order,

You might see how big your December folders are and you
could click to open them and check if your nds wrapper
details are as you expect them to be.

We can explain how to start again from any of your
existing four (or any subsequent) saves. However I have
never used an nds wrapper, so I'm out of touch there, at
least for now.

The whole multisession system works superbly for Flash and
myself and I have some 40 sfs files stored in a flash stick,
but with your 4 GB RAM (just over 3 GB usable) you
could use pets galore.

See if you can see or think of anything which might help us
to help you.

My regards

[gcmartin]

I have and cintinue to use live media where I save back to the media versus to the USB/HDD.

Questions

• Is the problem you share unique to 528, unique to Slacko54 or is it happening to all PUPs you use?
  
• Is this where the system is NOT remembering the wireless SSID requiring re-running of "Setup Networking (task bar)" or is it requiring re-install of the driver PET for the wireless support?
• Do you see prior session save files on your LIve media?
• Does all of the other PETs you install behave as you expect when you reboot (for example you browser add-ons, etc.)?

Here to help.

[Flash]

[tallboy]

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