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A concern on FATDOG 'Multi' Save-session name change

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2022 1:22 am
by Clarity

This is show a change I've noticed on one of my PCs that I run FATDOG on.
Have the FATDOG session names changed or is it because I have a test release?

FD Multi-session save filenames.jpg
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Re: A concern on FATDOG 'Multi' Save-session name change

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2022 3:44 pm
by Feek

@Clarity
here are my observations about the multi sfs names.

I never specify the name of the multi sfs's, because they are in their own folder.

Mostly I boot Fatdog from hard drive with extlinux using parameter savefile=direct:multi:sda6:/fd64_812/:
The system creates multi sfs's in this format (without a name): multi--2021....

I have one usb stick (say backup), also with extlinux. The boot parameter for the save is practically identical as for the hard drive:
savefile=direct:multi:sdb2:/fd64_812/:
In this case the system creates multi sfs's with the name "fd64save" automatically (multi-fd64save-2021.....).

I found out this when transfering multi sfs's from the hard drive to the stick.
It didn't boot because of the name (so the renaming helped).


Re: A concern on FATDOG 'Multi' Save-session name change

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2022 5:24 pm
by JakeSFR
Clarity wrote: Sun Mar 27, 2022 1:22 am

Have the FATDOG session names changed or is it because I have a test release?

No, the savefile proto is defined in /etc/BOOTSTATE and it's still fd64save:

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# grep 'SAVEFILE_PROTO' /etc/BOOTSTATE 
SAVEFILE_PROTO='/fd64save.ext4'

I think it switched to Sessions for you when you used that boot option:

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savefile=direct:device:sda7:Sessions

Greetings!


Re: A concern on FATDOG 'Multi' Save-session name change

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2022 6:08 pm
by Clarity

Thanks @JakeSFR.

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GENUINE_FATDOG_INITRD='true'
AUFS_ROOT='/aufs'
BASELINE_MOUNT='/aufs/pup_init'
MODULE_SFS_MOUNT='/aufs/kernel-modules'
SAVE_DEV_PROTO='/aufs/devsave'
SAVEFILE_PROTO='/fd64save.ext4'
MULTI_PREFIX='multi-'
TMPFS_MOUNT='/aufs/pup_rw'
BASE_SFS_MOUNT='/aufs/pup_ro'
SAVEFILE_MOUNT='/aufs/pup_save'
BASE_SFS_PATH='/fd64.sfs'
SAVEFILE_PATH='/Sessions/'
MULTI_MOUNT='/aufs/pup_multi'
MULTI_DEVICE='sda7'
AUFS_ROOT_ID='si_814d17ee9db3900b'