====== Winboot ======

===== Frugal install to Microsoft Windows partition =====

Install [[http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Grub4dos_tutorial#Installation|Grub4dos]].

This article will assume that your C: drive is //(hd0,0)//.
You need at least 160MB to run Slitaz cooking (128MB for Slitaz 1.0).

Tested with Windows XP on FAT32 and on NTFS.

For Windows XP, 2000 or NT, copy http://mirror.slitaz.org/boot/grldr
into C:\ and append to C:\boot.ini:

<file>C:\grldr="Grub4DOS"</file>

===== Traditional frugal install =====

Copy http://download.tuxfamily.org/slitaz/boot/cooking/bzImage and
http://download.tuxfamily.org/slitaz/boot/cooking/rootfs.gz (both <30MB)
into C:\boot and append to C:\menu.lst the following text:

<file>
title SliTaz cooking
  kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage rw root=/dev/null vga=normal
  initrd (hd0,0)/boot/rootfs.gz
</file>
Works fine with Windows XP on FAT32 and on NTFS.

===== ISO image install =====

Copy http://download.tuxfamily.org/slitaz/iso/cooking/slitaz-cooking.iso (<30MB)
into C:\boot. Run defragmentation on C:. And append to C:\menu.lst the following text:

<file>
title SliTaz cooking
  map (hd0,0)/boot/slitaz-cooking.iso (hd1)
  map --hook
  kernel (hd1)/boot/bzImage rw root=/dev/null vga=normal
  initrd (hd1)/boot/rootfs.gz
</file>

Works fine with Windows XP on FAT32 and on NTFS. Using version 0.4.3.
The file C:\boot\slitaz-cooking.iso MUST be defragmented.

<note tip>
Anyway, you can always boot from an ISO image on a fragmented filesystem with:
<file>
title SliTaz cooking
  map --mem --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 (hd0,0)/boot/slitaz-cooking.iso (hd1)
  map --hook
  kernel (hd1)/boot/bzImage rw root=/dev/null vga=normal
  initrd (hd1)/boot/rootfs.gz
</file>
</note>

You need 160MB or 256MB of RAM to run the slitaz-cooking.iso.
If you have less RAM try:
http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/cooking/flavors/slitaz-cooking-base.iso or
http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/cooking/flavors/slitaz-cooking-justX.iso or
http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/cooking/flavors/slitaz-loram.iso instead:

<file>
title SliTaz cooking base
  map (hd0,0)/boot/slitaz-cooking-base.iso (hd1)
  map --hook
  kernel (hd1)/boot/bzImage rw root=/dev/null vga=normal
  initrd (hd1)/boot/rootfs.gz
</file>
See http://community.slitaz.org/wiki/Loram

===== Web boot install =====

Copy http://download.tuxfamily.org/slitaz/boot/gpxe (<200KB)
into C:\boot and append to C:\menu.lst the following text:

<file>
title SliTaz web
  kernel (hd0,0)/boot/gpxe
</file>

Gpxe is provided by the SliTaz Live CD too:
<file>
title SliTaz web
  map (hd0,0)/boot/slitaz-cooking.iso (hd1)
  map --hook
  kernel (hd1)/boot/gpxe
</file>
This will boot the latest available version of SliTaz. See http://boot.slitaz.org/.
Works fine with Windows XP on FAT32 and on NTFS.

===== Tuning the boot process =====

Additional boot parameters may be appended. For example:

<file>
title SliTaz cooking
  map (hd0,0)/boot/slitaz-cooking.iso (hd1)
  map --hook
  kernel (hd1)/boot/bzImage rw root=/dev/null vga=extended lang=fr_FR kmap=fr-latin1 laptop autologin config=/dev/hda1,boot/slitaz.sh
  initrd (hd1)/boot/rootfs.gz
</file>

The file // /boot/slitaz.sh // in // /dev/hda1 // will be executed at the end of the boot script:

<file>
  initrd (hd1)/boot/rootfs.gz (hd0,0)/boot/extra-softwares.gz (hd0,0)/boot/my-config-files.gz
</file>

The compressed cpio archives // /boot/extra-softwares.gz // and // /boot/my-config-files.gz // will be loaded after the official initramfs //rootfs.gz//. This is faster than using the previous // /boot/slitaz.sh // script. Example :
<code># find /etc/rcS.conf /etc/daemons.conf /etc/dropbear /home/tux/.ssh | cpio -o -H newc | gzip -9 > /boot/my-config-files.gz</code>

===== Automated Graphical Approach using UNetbootin =====

A SliTaz Frugal Install or a Live USB installation can be performed using [[http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/|UNetbootin]].

<note warning>
**Unetbootin will not work with the main 4.0 release slitaz-4.0.iso or slitaz-rolling.iso** which are core 4-in-1 iso's with multi-rootfs.gz without manually editing the boot menu or combining the multi-rootfs.gz into one.

Please use [[http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/4.0/flavors/slitaz-4.0-core.iso|slitaz-4.0-core.iso]] or another single rootfs.gz flavor found [[http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/4.0/flavors/|here]]. </note>

Either the standard version ([[http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/unetbootin-windows-latest.exe|Windows]] | [[http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/unetbootin-linux-latest|Linux]]) can be used (select SliTaz from the
Distribution list), or a custom SliTaz version ([[http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/unetbootin-windows-latest.exe|Windows]] | [[http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/unetbootin-linux-latest|Linux]]) may also be used.

To perform a Frugal Install, select “Hard Disk” under installation type;
to create a Live USB, select “USB Drive” under installation type.

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