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   - kexec command from the [[http://pkgs.slitaz.org/search.sh?package=kexec-tools|kexec-tools]] package.   - kexec command from the [[http://pkgs.slitaz.org/search.sh?package=kexec-tools|kexec-tools]] package.
  
-==== SliTaz ISO image boot tricks ====+===== SliTaz ISO image boot tricks =====
  
-The cdrom image has a hybrid format since version 5.0.+The cdrom image has a hybrid format from version 5.0. 
 + 
 +  * It boots from a cdrom drive according to the el-torito specification as usual (BIOS or UEFI). 
 +  * It boots from a memory card / USB key using the syslinux hybrid format (BIOS) or using a FAT partition mapped in the ISO image (UEFI). 
 +  * It launches a USB boot key creation utility from Windows (32 bits). 
 +  * It can boot from DOS (real mode or virtual 8086 with EMM386) directly:
  
-  * It boots from a cdrom drive according the el-torito specification as usual, 
-  * it boots from a memory card / USB key using the syslinux hybrid format, 
-  * it lauches a USB boot key creation utility from Windows (32 bits), 
-  * and it can boot from DOS (in real mode only) directly : 
 <code>C:\> ren slitaz.iso slitaz.exe <code>C:\> ren slitaz.iso slitaz.exe
 C:\> slitaz.exe</code> C:\> slitaz.exe</code>
-<note tip>The files bzImage, memtest and ipxe can boot with DOS too:+<note tip> 
 +The files bzImage, memtest and ipxe can boot with DOS too:
 <code>C:\> ren bzimage bzimage.exe <code>C:\> ren bzimage bzimage.exe
 C:\> bzimage.exe root=/dev/hda3 autologin</code><code>C:\> ren memtest memtest.exe C:\> bzimage.exe root=/dev/hda3 autologin</code><code>C:\> ren memtest memtest.exe
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 C:\> ren ipxe ipxe.exe C:\> ren ipxe ipxe.exe
 C:\> ipxe.exe http://myserver.org/boot.php</code></note> C:\> ipxe.exe http://myserver.org/boot.php</code></note>
 +
 +  * It is easily customizable with the iso2exe (compatible with taziso or tazpanel/boot/ISO mine) tool:
 +
 +<code>iso2exe -a "lang=fr_FR kmap=fr-latin1 tz=Europe/Paris" -i myconfig.gz slitaz.iso
 +iso2exe -l slitaz.iso
 +iso2exe -r slitaz.iso custom.append custom.initrd
 +taziso slitaz.iso getcustomconf
 +taziso slitaz.iso isomd5</code>
 +<note tip>You can tune the boot process with your own /init script:
 +<code>#!/bin/sh
 +
 +sed -i 's,^RUN_DAEMONS=",RUN_DAEMONS="dropbear ,' /etc/rcS.conf
 +cat >> /etc/init.d/local.sh <<EOM
 +/my/special/inits.sh
 +EOM
 +exec /init "$@"
 +</code>
 +Update the kernel command line:
 +<code>iso2exe -a "rdinit=/myinit lang=fr_FR kmap=fr-latin1 tz=Europe/Paris" -i myconfig slitaz.iso -f</code></note>
 
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