HD Install :: running from livecd, writing to hd

With DSL and the full Knoppix livecd, it seems like you can't make anything permanent. For example, when you try to add a new user ('useradd user1') you can't set up the account (I get an error that the password file is write only). If you set up a printer, the configuration doesn't get save anywhere permanent. Am I wrong about this?

One solution I guess is to install to the hard drive but it seems like the spirit of DSL is that you can run everything from the cd (which, of course, is unwritable). What is the general practice of saving things permanently when running from a livecd?

Try running the .start_synaptic script.

If you have enough RAM, you should be able to overwrite these files once the "User is running from a LiveCD... Creating a writable file system" type messages have been displayed.

http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....;t=122;

Good Luck.

Dear Mr. Temporary
Please try to run File Restoration/Backup utility or mount.app to do something not TEMP

You can do alot from the standard LiveCD or frugal installed system. See "Getting Started" backup/restore procedures. For printers/printing add the following to filetool.lst

/opt/apsfilter
/opt/printcap
/var/spool/lpd/lp

Note: lp is the name of the printer that you created when you ran apsfilter

Now if you always want to start the printing daemon upon boot up then do this
Edit /opt/bootlocal.sh and add the following line

/usr/sbin/lpd

Add /opt/bootlocal.sh to filetool.lst if not already there.
Be sure to read the "Getting Started" to understand how filetool.lst works.

original here.