6. Using the FreeSBIE scripts

FreeSBIE comes up with shell scripts you could find in the /scripts dir. The scripts you (probably) need are:

Table 1. Overview of the scripts

Script name Action
load_settings.sh This script allows you to load previously save settings (see save_settings.sh below). This script is automatically executed at the boot time, so you haven't to invoke it (but you can do it).
save_settings.sh This script allows you to save a lot of settings such as network interfaces configuration, your ppp.conf, hostname, keyboard layout, your environment, /root, /etc and /usr/local/etc directories. To invoke this script you could use the entry Save Settings in the FreeSBIE submenu (if you use fluxbox or XFCE) or open a terminal and type: /scripts/save_settings.sh This script will ask you where do you want to save your settings (yes, it will ask you to CONFIRM your choice so let's relax, man) and to press a key at the end of its execution.
mount_disks.sh This script allows you to mount ufs, msdos, ext2, NTFS detected partitions. This script is automatically executed when you boot FreeSBIE and it mounts every detected partition in read only mode (using mount_disks.sh with the ro parameter). If you would like to mount your partitions in read-write mode (i.e. if you would like to save your documents in your FAT32 disk) you have to open a terminal and launch it with the rw parameter: /scripts/mount_disks.sh rw
mount_usb.sh This script allows you to mount USB mass devices (USB pens, compact-flash readers and so on). You don't have to launch this script because it is automatically invoked when a new USB mass device is plugged into a USB port.