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Is this the way it is now going to work when installed to a USB stick formatted fat32???

USB stick, one partition, formatted fat32.
Used Frugalpup Installer
BookwormPup64 10.0.7 installed as a frugal install and the boot loader type both option for the boot loader install.

When I did the first shutdown.
Nothing was offered about making a save.
It just made a save and shutdown.

When it now boots it is running in pupmode 66 and using a save that is named dpupbw64save66.tar.gz.
The personal storage space is identified as about half the size of the USB stick partition.

In the boot loader menu entry it has pmedia=usbflash

There is no save icon on the desktop.
When I do a shutdown, I get asked if I want to save or not save.

Not sure if it has already updated the save or not.

In Event Manager ->Save session it looks like this:
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If I try to run Resize Personal Storage program I get this:

Update:
Yes this seems to now be the save setup if installed to a USB drive formatted fat32.

See this info on why:
viewtopic.php?t=9853

edit moved by user to: viewtopic.php?p=129539#p129539

@bigpup

Your same confg/end result also applies to JammyPup64.

PupMode66 which does not allow you to resize the save file.

More info:

viewtopic.php?t=9853

"Note:
Pupmode=66 will work with any filesystem as a save location, but in the current Woof-ce, it is only activated on "fat32".

Limitation:
While pupmode=66 is simple and effective for Puppy configuation changes, it has serious limitations.
The more extra software you install into the RAM fillesystem, e.g. using ".pet" files,
shutdown and boot will become slower and slower, as there are more files to copy.

So, while pupmode=66 is a convenient way to start using Puppy, it is not recommended for more serious use,
unless extra software is installed as ".sfs" files or as "portable apps". "

bigpup wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 2:37 am

Is this the way it is now going to work when installed to a USB stick formatted fat32???

If you don't want pupmode=66, just delete the AUTOSAVE flag file before first shuitdown.

bigpup wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 2:37 am

When I do a shutdown, I get asked if I want to save or not save.
Not sure if it has already updated the save or not.

If, and only if, you select to save the session, is the "...save66.tar.gz" file overwritten with a new one.

Since the data from the RW layer in RAM is archived using tar, it's size is determned each time by the amount of data.
Resizing the "save" has no meaning in pupmode=66.