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[tallboy]

Well, that worked just as intended, apart from one small thing, see details below. I used multisession on a DVD-R disk, and made a directory named applications for Gramps, and all othe programs I want to have within reach. I discovered that updating the .gramps file that contains all data, is smart to do in a separate directory. When I first tried to save .gramps to the gramps dir, it simply spilled the contents into the dir, and the dotfile was nowhere to be found. Trying to be smart and rename to dot-gramps did not help, it just updated the loose files, and dot-gramps could not be found. When I did a new test dir, and moved the .gramps file into a dir called dot-gramps, and saved that dir instead, it worked. The .gramps file is always up to date. You can see the screenshot for details. I also made some new dirs for more programs, and they listed nicely within the application dir on the disk.

I wonder if there is a method to find the earlier saves, as only the latest are listed, maybe they need a date attached.

Tallboy.

BTW, the Gramps and it's deps installed and was ready to run in less than a minute.

[Flash]

Excellent. Thanks for the feedback. What do the contents of the DVD look like through Windows?

[gcmartin]

Live Media Information
On one earlier question on adding folder/files to your LIve "CD", the answer is YES; this works same for a multi-session CD as it does on multi-session DVD.

Only distinctions that I am aware of, is, CD-R cannot be erased and re-used. like you can with a CD-RW. But for multi-session use, it works exactly the same for both media; namely you can add additional data after initiial burn..

This applies to DVD media (DVDR vs DVDRW) also.

Hope this helps

[tallboy]

[Flash]

Well, just take a look at the DVD in Windows. See if it looks different from the way it does in Puppy.

[tallboy]

Flash, will do.

Just to clarify for all; I forgot to add a screenshot showing all the content of / on the DVD above. The multisession DVD used in the screenshots is the one dpup_4.85 is booted from, so all directories are additions that are not read at bootup, but available when the disc is mounted.

Tallboy.

[gcmartin]

Flash, after looking at your earlier question on Tuesday, I realize that I might not have given you an answer you were looking for.

You CAN add a file-folder to an existing Multi-session CD/DVD. and have these available to the system whenever you subsequently use that media. I'm sure you were already aware of this. But, I think your question may have been more along the line of whether "properly" placed SFS could be "drawn" into the desktop system, same as is done using frugal/full installation.

This is what I found:
About SFS(s) question, Yes, writing SFSs having them available to the system the next time you boot will NOT natively cause Puppy to pick up the SFSs, even though, I structured it in the same folders that a frugal/full system expects for SFS processing.

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