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 This article will assume that your C: drive is //​(hd0,​0)//​. 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).+You need at least 160MB to run Slitaz cooking (128MB for Slitaz 1.0).
  
 Tested with Windows XP on FAT32 and on NTFS. Tested with Windows XP on FAT32 and on NTFS.
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 The file C:​\boot\slitaz-cooking.iso MUST be defragmented. The file C:​\boot\slitaz-cooking.iso MUST be defragmented.
  
-You need 160Mb or 256Mb of RAM to run slitaz-cooking.iso.+<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: 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-base.iso or
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   kernel (hd0,​0)/​boot/​gpxe   kernel (hd0,​0)/​boot/​gpxe
 </​file>​ </​file>​
-This will boot the latest available version of SliTaz. See http://​boot.slitaz.org/​+ 
 +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. Works fine with Windows XP on FAT32 and on NTFS.
  
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   initrd (hd1)/​boot/​rootfs.gz   initrd (hd1)/​boot/​rootfs.gz
 </​file>​ </​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 ===== ===== Automated Graphical Approach using UNetbootin =====
  
 A SliTaz Frugal Install or a Live USB installation can be performed using [[http://​unetbootin.sourceforge.net/​|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 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
 
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