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Issue encountered when moving an installation - Solved

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While doing maintenance on my computer recently I moved a folder containing my BookwormPup frugal install (see image below). There were some errors flagged but unfortunately I didn't note them down.

Now I can Grub boot the system from sdc8 but it opens as a fresh install with none of my configuration changes. In addition, when I try to save, the software wants to put the save folder in the former sdc4 directory.

Please tell me if there's a script edit I can make, either to recover my previous configuration, or to start again with a save folder in the new partition.

Thank you

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Re: Issue encountered when moving an installation

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oliverjames wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2024 10:53 am

While doing maintenance on my computer recently I moved a folder containing my BookwormPup frugal install (see image below). There were some errors flagged but unfortunately I didn't note them down.

Now I can Grub boot the system from sdc8 but it opens as a fresh install with none of my configuration changes. In addition, when I try to save, the software wants to put the save folder in the former sdc4 directory.

Try adding psave="UUID of sdc8" to your grub config. (without the quotes) This will tell BookwormPup where to find your save folder.

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lsblk -f

Will give you the UUID

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Re: Issue encountered when moving an installation

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d-pupp wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2024 4:25 pm
oliverjames wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2024 10:53 am

While doing maintenance on my computer recently I moved a folder containing my BookwormPup frugal install (see image below). There were some errors flagged but unfortunately I didn't note them down.

Now I can Grub boot the system from sdc8 but it opens as a fresh install with none of my configuration changes. In addition, when I try to save, the software wants to put the save folder in the former sdc4 directory.

Try adding psave="UUID of sdc8" to your grub config. (without the quotes) This will tell BookwormPup where to find your save folder.

Code: Select all

lsblk -f

Will give you the UUID

That was already in place, however I found the solution, which was to edit the "SAVESPEC" file swapping the old uuid for the new one. All now works perfectly.

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