{{include tonguesHowToAvoidLoadingSaveFile}} [[HomePage]] > [[ComponentHowTo Components and HowTos]] > [[HowToConfigure Configure]] ==== How To Avoid Loading ""SaveFile"" ==== ~When there is a single [[SaveFile pup savefile]] Puppy will automatically find and load it. To avoid this there are at least two methods, see below. This applies to [[frugal]] installations. ==Reasons to avoid loading Savefile== ~-To make a fresh pup save file when you shutdown/reboot. ~-To back up the savefile, which can be done by copying as long as it isn't in use (mounted). ~-To mount the savefile seperately from layered-filesystem to check its contents. ~-To repair the savefile using [[e2fsck]] ==Method 1 - Make Puppy give you the choice of savefile == ~**1.** Make a dummy save-file. --- ~For example, ~if original save-file is called ##lupusave-name.2fs## ~make a file blank dummy file, calling the new one something like - ##lupusave-dummy.2fs## --- ~Ensure that the naming convention is retained, for Puppy Lucid 5.2x - ##lupusave-.<2/3>fs## --- ~**2.** Reboot, Puppy it will give the opinion of which save-file to load, and also the opinion 0 - not to load any save-file. ==Method 2 - Prevent Puppy loading any ""SaveFiles""== ~Depending on your installation, if you have the Puppy boot screen ~it allows different settings to be used:- --- ~##puppy pfix=ram## --- ~If you are using a bootloader such as [[Grub]], you can add another option, and configure it to use this parameter. ==Also See== ~[[SaveFile save-files]] ~[[BootParameters]] ---- ==Categories== CategoryTutorial