SaveFile or SaveFolder: PuppyLinux

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SaveFiles/ SaveFolder (also known as PupSave file/folder) contains additions and changes to a InstallationFrugal Frugal Installation of Puppy. Changes to linux file structure (RootFS) are stored there.

Savefile

If using the savefile option it is created on the first run when rebooting/shuting down. The user specifies the size, name, filesystem type and location of the file. The savefile's size can be increased if necessary.

Savefolder

In 2014 a new method of storing changes to the RootFS was created. Instead of using a file of a fixed size a directory is used, thus it is a savefolder rather than savefile. This does away with having to resize the file or wasting disk space if less space is needed than predicted.

Saving outside the Savefile/folder

To save documents outside of Savefile/folder go to /mnt/. For example, /mnt/home is the root directory/folder of your primary drive (C: drive in Windows speak).

Saving documents outside of Savefile/folder makes them easy to access by other OSes and other Puppy iterations.

Layered Filesystem

Puppylinux when frugally installed uses a layered file system, for more information see How Puppy works.

Boot Up Behavior

Puppy's behavior on boot up depends whether any Savefiles/folders are found:

If none are found Puppy will load the BaseSFS without any modifications. In many versions this will prompt the user to configure Puppy, also on reboot/shutdown the user is asked whether to create a save.

If only one save is found it will load automatically. (If 'auto-load' is not wanted see HowToAvoidLoadingSaveFile how to avoid loading SaveFile)

If more than one is found the user is prompted to select via a text menu.

Note: the boot files on a multi-session disk work differently from those used for live disk and frugal installs. They look for and make save files differently, see SaveFileMultiSession Save file multi-session for more information.