saving preferences

**knopken** · 01-10-2003, 08:37 AM

Thnx for replies!

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During the boot process is knoppix reading from your floppy?

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knoppix vrefresh=60 knoppix floppy config
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instead try:

knoppix vrefresh=60 floppyconfig

Note: floppyconfig is one word. As far as the boot commands, knoppix tells the boot manager which kernel to boot (only list it once), the boot options are listed after that, the order of the boot options shouldn't matter.
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Ya'vule, floppy is read and I've tried almost every combination of boot command. Sometimes I'll boot to black screen (can hear initializiation babe

) otherwise when I load I'll get a screenshot with no saved configuration. Boot screen shows floppy being mounted

, but I'm always startin' fresh??????????? (ie: no saved config)

Any more help???

Trollo · 01-10-2003, 10:45 AM

Had the same problem for a long time. Tried everything without any success.

I found the following solution:

If there is any empty field in the network configuration (i.e. DHCP-Broadcast, DNS-Server - if you don't have any), the configuration file from the floppy is not executed at all. You can see a message during booting.

Therefore nothing (!) is configured after that. No network, no printer etc.

Make sure that all fields in the network configuration are filled (may be with the default values) and voilà the configuration file from the floppy is executed properly. That is how it works for me (thanks god).

May be it helps others, too.

regards
Trollo

**apoth** · 01-26-2003, 11:53 PM

I have to configure everything differently from the defaults in my network configuration and that didn't help me unfortunately

...I'm running round the desktop now making configuration changes to everything in the hope I trip something that will make it read the file on the disk (which it says it can't find on bootup... but it's definately there).

**apoth** · 01-27-2003, 12:18 AM

Oooh... the other thing I was gonna add was /mnt/floppy/knoppix.sh restores my preferences, at least as far as keyboard and network ones go - so (assumming knoppix floppyconfig is the right command)... what's wrong with it!

(the reason I'd like it to work further than this on bootup is for things like desktop icons which it doesn't change when run whilst in the OS, otherwise i'd be happy with this)

01-28-2003, 02:55 PM

Any suggestions? I recommended knoppix to people on a forum I use regularly and everyone seems to be stuck with this.

jim worrest · 01-29-2003, 06:55 AM

I have one computer which Knoppix works quite well, but it didn't at first. All I got was a
blank screen until I reduced the resolution to 800x600. the floppyconfig seems to remember
most everything --- except my floppy icon! I usually tell it to store the settings before I sign off
and then don't save them at the very end when it asks or has the checkmark to save the
settings, perhaps that was my problem in loosing the floppy icon?
Anyway, so far it has been doing some things for me that my older versions of Linux won't
so I'm glad that Knoppix is around.

Originally Posted by Anonymous

Any suggestions? I recommended knoppix to people on a forum I use regularly and everyone seems to be stuck with this.

another guest · 01-30-2003, 02:55 AM

Any suggestions? I recommended knoppix to people on a forum I use regularly and everyone seems to be stuck with this.

I'm a seriously green newbie at this, myself. After less than a week of playing with Knoppix (1.20.03 release), it appears to me that the floppy configuration is used only when I turn off hardware detection. This works for me:

knoppix floppyconfig failsafe

It also works when using persistent home.

**babs** · 06-03-2003, 08:40 PM

Originally Posted by knopken

A little help, please. I'm sure I'm saving and booting the config file correctly - still won't load any saved preferences

. The floppy shows proper files. Is there an alternative to using GUI Knoppix>save config??

I've booted with knoppix vrefresh=60 knoppix floppy config and have tried all various combinations.
Thanks.

I'm embarrassed to say the simple mistake I made but I misread the check boxes. (the ones that show up after you click save configuration) I thought I had all of them checked, when in reality I had all of them un-checked! Don't know if anyone else has done this but it solved my problem, perhaps it will help someone else.