on which mode would slax save the changes make, software settings and files and reboot would have those changes on slax? Other the fresh mode would have changes save?
are there ways to install the bootloader manually other using the cmd?
If you look inside slax iso in /boot , there is a text file named slax.cfg.
Open it with any text editor.
Look at the "APPEND" line.
Where there is a changes=/slax/ (meaning the changes= cheatcode to save slax's setting is used), then slax's setting will be saved.
"Fresh only" mean no changes= cheatcode , hence nothing is saved.
So whether slax's setting is saved depends on whether the changes= cheatcode is used or not .
there must be "changes=/slax/" on the cfg before making any changes on slax to save changes made? what with during making changes the "changes=/slax/" is change to no changes=cheatcode? Those changes make would not be on slax?
The changes= can be made in the slax.cfg or elsewhere depending on the bootloader you used.
For eg I used grub which used menu.lst (instead of slax.cfg) . The menu list look similar like slax.cfg.
The slax.cfg or menu.lst etc is read when slax boot up. You can manually edit the option by pressing the "tab" key when slax is booting up to edit the boot up options. The changes made is not permanent and only last till the next reboot.
Regarding the question you are asking .
"there must be "changes=/slax/" on the cfg before making any changes on slax to save changes made? ". Technically yes , but slax's file structure is mounted in /mnt/live , so you can manually copy and save (provided you know what to save) without using the changes= cheatcode.
To sumarise with the changes= cheatcode slax automatically save changes made otherwise it doesn't.
"what with during making changes the "changes=/slax/" is change to no changes=cheatcode? ".
The slaxcfg is read while slax is booting up . Changing is afterward make no difference.
