With dyne:bolic your /home directory resides in your RAM memory and every new file you write into it will not be there at the next boot, unless you create a nest [1] where to store your data and settings on harddisk or usb storage devices.
You can easily browse your stored data (harddisks, cd, floppy, usb) using the buttons in the upper right corner of your desktop. Your harddisk partitions are automatically mounted in the /vol directory and you can both read and write [2] the data inside them.
Usb storage devices (like usb pens, smartcards and digital photo cameras) are generally supported [3] : just double click the blue button with a usb symbol on it, the connected device is automatically mounted in the removable media directory /rem/usb.
Data on floppy disks can be accessed as well using the floppy button, the disk is automounted when you access the directory /rem/floppy.
If you have an unused cdrom player on your computer (other than the one booting dyne:bolic, or in case you docked the system [4] then you can access, browse, play and rip a compact disc as well. The cd is automatically mounted in /rem/cd* directories, where the star is a number starting from 1 in case you have multiple readers. If you have a cd burner, you can also use it to create cd and you can even clone the dyne:bolic from the running system.
The Samba filesharing daemon is running on your dyne:bolic: everything contained in the /home/shared directory is accessible (read and write) as a shared folder on the network you are connected, without any password protection - the share is called 'dyne:bolic casbah'. If you want to share other directories you'll need to tweak by hand the configuration file in /etc/samba
Finally, to have a general overview about the meaning and organizations of the various directories you'll find in the system, you can open an XTERM and type man hier. And remember that the "man" command is your friend! any command is documented and its manual can be recalled by typing man command into a console terminal.
| [1] | see the following section about NESTING. |
| [2] | NTFS partitions are only readable, but non writable: use FAT32 instead! |
| [3] | see www.linux-usb.org if your model is compatible with the Linux kernel. |
| [4] | see the following section about DOCKING your system if you want to run dyne:bolic from the harddisk, even without the need for a CD player |