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It is going to get layered into the file system just like a ydrv.sfs does.

Actually anything that is in the save is used instead of anything that is in any of the other Puppy SFS files.
The stuff in the save, will change what has been provided by the other SFS files, to make the complete ...

So make a new topic for this new question.


Done.
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=12967
It would still be great to be able to do a remastering or backup or an image of my flash drive setup though, especially given that there's a quite a bit of learning curve for me with puppy ...

Hi!

I have BookwormPup64_10.0.8.iso installed to USB flash drive (almost fresh install), using Frugalpup->e4stickpup installer.

For /etc changes (crypttab,fstab) I implemented ozsouth's approach with ydrv described here:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=134153#p134153

More details ...

bigpup wrote: Sun Oct 27, 2024 2:13 am

If you remaster with specific settings and configurations for a specific computer and hardware.
You have made a Puppy version that is just for that specific computer.

Thats perfectly fine. No portability is needed for my use case.

I already implemented ozsouth's approach with ydrv (still not sure about fstab questions above though).

Now need to install some service supporting LUKS/crypttab or similar - I believe its missing.
Quick search on this forum didn't show many pages about auto mounting LUKS partition or crypttab ...

No need to remaster. You can put your settings in a ydrv, which loads later than puppy drv & is used for settings like yours.


Thank you!
Do I need to merge my fstab with default puppy fstab so that it boots correctly?
Not sure if puppy uses any default fstab?

If yes, were can I find original ...

Jasper wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2024 9:07 am

Do you mean 'advice' ?

Fixed.

Jasper wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2024 9:07 am

What did you remove/add to the 'remastering'?

Did not remove/add anything to the remastering.
The only change I did is enabled touchpad via GUI as described in 1st post.

Hi!

I installed BookwormPup64_10.0.8.iso to USB flash drive from VM, using Frugalpup->e4stickpup.

Next I boot physical Intel laptop from this freshly installed USB drive, and all I do is only one very simple change like enable touchpad via GUI (its disabled on boot).
Next reboot with saving ...