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| To generate your own LiveUSB media, first you need to login as //root// with //su// and locate your usb storage device using the command: | To generate your own LiveUSB media, first you need to login as //root// with //su// and locate your usb storage device using the command: | ||
| - | <code># fdisk -l # normally /dev/sdb1 </code> | + | <code># fdisk -l /dev/sdxx </code> |
| Then format and label your device (Warning: this will erase all data, make sure you specify the right device): | Then format and label your device (Warning: this will erase all data, make sure you specify the right device): | ||
| - | <code> # tazusb format /dev/sdb1 </code> | + | <code> # tazusb format /dev/sdxx </code> |
| - | And finally generate your LiveUSB media device: | + | And finally generate your LiveUSB media device with either: |
| - | <code> # tazusb gen-liveusb /dev/sdb1 </code> | + | <code> # tazusb gen-liveusb /dev/sdxx </code> |
| + | (if you're working with a LiveCD as the install source) | ||
| - | And that's all you need to do, you can now boot SliTaz from usb media (providing your computer bios supports this method). | + | OR |
| - | === Maintaining system settings === | + | <code> # tazusb gen-iso2usb slitaz.iso /dev/sdxx </code> |
| + | (if you're working with an iso file as the install source) | ||
| - | When you finish your LiveUSB session, make sure you maintain your installed packages, system settings, etc, by backing up the entire current filesystem with one the following commands: | + | Note that the /dev/sdxx part of the command above specifies the location to where you need to write the iso's files to; it is not the source media where the iso is on ! With the iso file as install source option, you should hence specify the exact location where the slitaz iso source file is located. If it is located at /home/tux (while running slitaz from a non-live version), write "tazusb gen-iso2usb /home/tux/slitaz.iso /dev/sdxx". If the source file is found on an external hard disk, mention the folder in which the media's files are outputted to - check this with PCManFM (in practice the folder can be something like /media/disk). So, the command you'd need to write with the latter would be something like "tazusb gen-iso2usb /media/disk/slitaz.iso /dev/sdxx" |
| - | * fast compression, average filesize: <code> # tazusb writefs gzip </code> | + | And that's all you need to do, you can now boot SliTaz from usb media (providing your computer bios supports this method). |
| - | * slow compression, smaller filesize: <code> # tazusb writefs lzma </code> | + | |
| - | * no compression, larger filesize: <code> # tazusb writefs none </code> | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | Each of these writes everything to a '//rootfs.gz//' archive to be loaded the next time you boot. | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | If anything should go wrong when writing your filesystem, you can simply rollback to your previous filesystem by typing '//previous//' at the '//boot://' prompt. Older backups are named '//rootfs.gz.unixtimestamp//' and can be safely deleted from the ///home// folder to save disk space using //tazusb clean//. | + | |
| === Tazusb Manual === | === Tazusb Manual === | ||
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| ===== Install SliTaz on USB from Windows ===== | ===== Install SliTaz on USB from Windows ===== | ||
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| Slitaz can be installed on USB media from windows. The following description has been tested on Windows XP and Vista. | Slitaz can be installed on USB media from windows. The following description has been tested on Windows XP and Vista. | ||
| Before starting you need to download: | Before starting you need to download: | ||
| - | - latest Slitaz from [[http://www.slitaz.org/get/|Get SliTaz]]. | + | - the latest SliTaz iso from [[http://www.slitaz.org/en/get/#stable|Get SliTaz]]. |
| - | - the syslinux tool from [[http://www.eu.kernel.org/pub/linux/boot/syslinux/3.xx/syslinux-3.82.zip|syslinux-3.82.zip]]. | + | - the syslinux tool for the SliTaz version you install: |
| + | * [[https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/4.xx/syslinux-4.05.zip|syslinux-4.05.zip]] for SliTaz 4.0 | ||
| + | * [[https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/3.xx/syslinux-3.82.zip|syslinux-3.82.zip]] for SliTaz 3.0 | ||
| + | * [[https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/3.xx/syslinux-3.73.zip|syslinux-3.73.zip]] for SliTaz 2.0 | ||
| + | * [[https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/3.xx/syslinux-3.61.zip|syslinux-3.61.zip]] for SliTaz 1.0 | ||
| - | **1.** Extraire l'image sur la clé USB. L'image ISO peut être extraite avec des outils comme [[http://www.7-zip.org/|7-Zip]] ou Winimage (shareware) par exemple. Normalement vous devriez obtenir l'arborescence suivante : | + | **1.** Extract the SliTaz ISO file to the USB stick. For this, use a tool like [[http://www.7-zip.org/|7-Zip]] or Winimage (shareware). Once extracted, you should get the following: |
| <code> | <code> | ||
| \boot | \boot | ||
| \boot\isolinux | \boot\isolinux | ||
| \boot\grub | \boot\grub | ||
| - | \boot\syslinux | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | **2.** Sur la clé USB, copier les fichiers du gestionnaire de démarrage dans le répertoire //\boot\syslinux// : | ||
| - | <code> | ||
| - | \boot\isolinux\*.txt | ||
| - | \boot\isolinux\*.msg | ||
| - | \boot\isolinux\*.cfg | ||
| - | \boot\isolinux\*.lss | ||
| - | </code> | ||
| - | **3.** Toujours dans le répertoire //\boot\syslinux//, renommer //isolinux.cfg// en //syslinux.cfg// et //isolinux.msg// en //syslinux.msg//. Ce n'est pas indispensable pour isolinux.msg, mais c'est plus cohérent. | ||
| - | **4.** Extraire le fichier //syslinux.exe// de l'archive téléchargée sur kernel.org et le copier dans //\boot\syslinux// sur la clé. | + | <note> |
| + | Depending on the version of SliTaz you install, you can find on root other directories and files but they are not used by the LiveUSB. | ||
| + | </note> | ||
| - | **5.** Modifiez le fichier //syslinux.cfg// pour qu'il corresponde à vos besoins. Exemple : | + | **2.** On your USB stick, rename the //\boot\isolinux// directory to //\boot\syslinux//. |
| + | |||
| + | **3.** In the new directory //\boot\syslinux//, rename //isolinux.cfg// file to //syslinux.cfg// and //isolinux.msg// file to //syslinux.msg//. This is not mandatory but makes more sense. | ||
| + | |||
| + | **4.** Now extract the syslinux archive previously downloaded and copy the //syslinux.exe// file from its //win32// directory into the //\boot\syslinux// directory of the USB stick. | ||
| + | |||
| + | **5.** Modify the //\boot\syslinux\syslinux.cfg//: replace all //isolinux.*// appellations with //syslinux.*//. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===example for SliTaz 4.0:=== | ||
| + | <file>... | ||
| + | kernel /boot/isolinux/ifmem.c32 | ||
| + | ... | ||
| + | </file> | ||
| + | to | ||
| + | <file>... | ||
| + | kernel /boot/syslinux/ifmem.c32 | ||
| + | ... | ||
| + | </file> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===example for SliTaz 3.0 and previous versions:=== | ||
| <file> | <file> | ||
| display syslinux.msg | display syslinux.msg | ||
| - | default slitaz | ||
| label slitaz | label slitaz | ||
| kernel /boot/bzImage | kernel /boot/bzImage | ||
| - | append initrd=/boot/rootfs.gz rw root=/dev/null lang=fr kmap=fr vga=normal | + | append initrd=/boot/rootfs.gz rw root=/dev/null lang=C kmap=uk vga=normal autologin |
| - | implicit 0 | + | |
| - | prompt 1 | + | include common.cfg |
| - | timeout 80 | + | |
| - | F1 help.txt | + | |
| - | F2 options.txt | + | |
| - | F3 isolinux.msg | + | |
| - | F4 display.txt | + | |
| </file> | </file> | ||
| - | **Note : ** Par rapport au fichier d'origine la ligne //display isolinux.msg// a été remplacée par //display syslinux.cfg//. Et les paramètres //lang=fr kmap=fr// ont été rajoutés sur la ligne //append//. | + | **Note : ** In the example above, compared to the original file, the line //display isolinux.msg// has been replaced by //display syslinux.cfg// and the parameters //lang=C kmap=uk// have been added to the line //append// so that, lang and keyboard are automatically selected at boot. |
| - | **6.** Il ne reste plus qu'à exécuter //syslinux.exe// pour installer le //bootloader//. Exemple dans le cas où la clé est désignée par la lettre K : | + | In file //\boot\syslinux\common.cfg//, modify |
| + | <file>... | ||
| + | F3 isolinux.msg | ||
| + | ...</file> | ||
| + | to | ||
| + | <file>... | ||
| + | F3 syslinux.msg | ||
| + | ...</file> | ||
| + | |||
| + | **6.** Now, from the terminal in Windows, run //syslinux.exe// to install the //bootloader//. For example, here the USB stick is shown as letter K, type: | ||
| <code> | <code> | ||
| - | K: | + | k: |
| cd \boot\syslinux | cd \boot\syslinux | ||
| - | syslinux -ma -d \boot\syslinux K: | + | syslinux -ma -d \boot\syslinux k: |
| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | ==== Version rapide ==== | + | **7.** You can now restart your computer. Change option in BIOS to boot first from USB. |
| - | - Téléchargez l'archive [[http://files.openomy.com/public/Erjo/syslinux.zip|syslinux.zip]]. | + | |
| - | - Extrayez le répertoire syslinux et copiez-le dans le répertoire boot de la clé USB. | + | ==== See also ==== |
| - | - Exécutez le script //\boot\syslinux\bootusb.bat//. | + | [[http://doc.slitaz.org/en:guides:liveusb]] |