The above helps, except...Dry Falls wrote:What is different in JL64 over L64 is that pfix=noautosave is the default (pupmode=7/14/15) bootmanager parameter. Autosave would be pupmode 6/12/13. 6 and 7 refer to "save to partition (respectively, ata and usb). These override the settings in event manager. In JL64, event manager is reconfigured to allow save-session dialog at shutdown when running pupmode=12/13.
You can also create a directory "precfg" at mnt/home (top of partition) or a folder one level deep where the basefile (L64 or JL64 sfs file) is located, which contains any settings or files (no whiteouts) which Tazoc's init script overlays atop everything else at boot. For example, I link my mozilla file there (/mnt/home/precfg/root/.mozilla) so I maintain browser settings during pfix=ram (pupmode=5). Save or not at shutdown.
Not sure if this helps or muddles up things further.
In my now advanced years...
I'm not so mentally sharp as formerly, so...
Would it be possible to break the above explanation into smaller easier-to-understand chunks?
Ultimately, what I'm after from this OS is...
The ability to shutdown or reboot without saving, simply by doing nothing, OR ELSE...
To choose to save at any particular moment...
By, for example, clicking on a "Save..." icon on the desktop, OR...
By choosing to "Save or not save" during shutdown/reboot.
Is this possible?
My preference:
I normally boot an optical disk, with the pupsave file held on the internal HDD, but treated as though on a Flash Drive, so that a "Save..." icon is auto-created on the desktop.
Less preferred:
I could hold the Puppy and its pupsave on a Flash Drive, and boot it from there.