jaromil wrote:

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>re all,
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>On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 01:01:51PM +0200, Lukasz Jastrzebski wrote:
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>>Hi again! There is no easy and automated way to keep your settings
>>or data in home folder (only nesting). You can make custom manual
>>backup while ending and refresh it at start by hand. Or create and
>>burn new CD with your settings "in it", but this is not the everyday
>>way for mortal humans.
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>hey hey, luckily enough developer are not immortal eh! :)
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>as far as i understood Guy's question, the answer is: yes also when
>you docked you still need a nest to keep your settings & home
>directory.
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>to be more precise, the nest holds:
>/etc <- system wide settings and configurations
>/home/luther
>/root <- default users home
>/usr/local <- user's installed software from source
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>ciao!
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> Jaromil, dyne.org developer, http://jaromil.dyne.org
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Thanks - I thought as much but was hopeful ;0) In the meantime I get
around the size limitation of the nest by placing a link to a folder on
the hard drive in the nest.

I will have a go at revising that wiki page when I have time - it is
talking about win 98 & a nest up to the size of the whole hard drive
(wow! that big) so it must be old.

I also didn't realise the nest kept /usr/local - that is helpful, I will
have to remember to compile stuff prefix=/usr/local

best wishes

Guy