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bellard [Unusual install methods]
+++ en:guides:uncommoninst [2015/06/21 14:28] (current)
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 The following configurations are using the SliTaz 4.0 boot loader **grub4dos-linux**.
-Most kernel command line arguments are processed by [[http://hg.slitaz.org/wok/file/tip/busybox/stuff/init|/init]].
+Most kernel command line arguments are processed by [[http://hg.slitaz.org/slitaz-boot-scripts/file/tip/init|/init]] during the [[/en:guides:bootguide|boot process]].
 ===== Frugal install =====
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 This is a mix between a frugal and traditional install. The system runs fully in RAM but the // home // directory is always on the key. You can modify the system (configure, install packages) and then save the new system on the key 8-).
 See [[http://hg.slitaz.org/tazusb/raw-file/tip/doc/tazusb.en.html|tazusb manual]]
+<note tip>You can create the USB key from the ISO image
+  # tazusb gen-iso2usb slitaz-cooking.iso
+</note>
 ==== Hybrid ISO ====
 This install method will **erase all of your key** and install a **unmodifiable** :-/ SliTaz. You can create a custom system with //tazlito// or //tazlitobox//. Each Slitaz ISO image is [[http://doc.slitaz.org/en:guides:dvd#hybrid-iso|hybrid]].
+<note tip>Use fdisk to get back the remining free space on the USB keys. Simply add a partition(s).
+  # dd if=slitaz-cooking.iso of=/dev/usbkey
+  # fdisk /dev/usbkey
+</note>
 ===== Floppy install =====
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 ==== Prepare a floppy set ====
-Get a floppy set from http://mirror.slitaz.org/floppies/. The base subset should be sufficient (5 floppies).
+Get a floppy set from http://mirror.slitaz.org/floppies/. The base subset should be sufficient (6 floppies).
 <note tip>Your may use one floppy only with [[http://pizza.slitaz.org/tiny/|tiny slitaz]]
 for a manual install (without the slitaz-installer)</note>
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 # cat fdiso* | cpio -i
 # rm fdiso*</code>
+<note tip>If space is critical, replace the last 2 lines with:
+<code>for i in fdiso*; do cat $i; rm -f $i; done | cpio -i</code>
+</note>
 Now you can use any install method from an ISO image. Example:
 <code># mount -o loop,ro slitaz.iso /media/cdrom
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 <note tip>You can extract the bzImage and rootfs.gz from the iso image to avoid map commands and defragmentation.</note>
-===== Subdirectory install =====
+===== Subdirectory install in a Posix filesystem =====
 If you want install SliTaz on a disk (not a frugal install), and you don't want to create a partition for SliTaz, but you have room in a filesystem for another Unix and you don't know how much space to reserve for SliTaz...
 ... create a subdirectory and install SliTaz into it!
-<note important>This install method can waste some MB of RAM: it loads a ramdisk from the preinit flavor and doesn't disallocate RAM fully from the ramdisk.
-</note>
 ==== Root filesystem files installation ====
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 Both notes in 'Loop install' section about bzImage extraction and UUID/LABEL also apply here.
-<note tip>The subdirectory install does not use exotic packages from preinit. You can use any SliTaz flavor (except lorams). However this is not recommended because the RAM filesystem is not fully disallocated</note>
+<note tip>The subdirectory install does not use exotic packages from preinit. You can use any SliTaz flavor (except lorams).</note>
+<note tip>The subdirectory install can be easily tested with a [[wp>Raspberry_Pi]] running [[wp>Raspbian]] with the [[http://hg.slitaz.org/slitaz-arm/raw-file/tip/rpi/tazbian|tazbian]] script. This script creates a raspbian package from the latest SliTaz tarballs found on the [[http://mirror.slitaz.org/arm/rpi/|mirror]] . The installation of this package <code>$ sudo dpkg -i slitaz-<VERSION>-1_armhf.deb</code> will install SliTaz in /var/os/slitaz and setup a multiboot. It does not remove rasbian or alter partitions.</note>
+===== Subdirectory install in a non-Posix filesystem =====
+You want to install SliTaz in a subdirectory but the filesystem ([[wp>NTFS]] or [[wp>VFAT]]) does not fully support UNIX features.
+Use [[http://mirror.slitaz.org/pkgs/?package=posixovl|posixovl]] !
+==== Root filesystem files installation ====
+You need to mount the target subdirectory (say /slitaz) with posixovl **before** installing the files.
+  # mkdir /mnt/slitaz
+  # mount.posixovl /mnt/slitaz
+  # unlzma -c /media/cdrom/boot/rootfs.gz | ( cd /mnt/slitaz ; cpio -idmu )
+<note tip>
+Windows users can extract the archive http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/4.0/slitaz-4.0.zip and look at the file \slitaz\boot\install.txt
+</note>
+==== Boot setup ====
+Like a loop install, you need a preinit iso file with a matching version.
+The partition (say /dev/hda1) and the path into the partition are defined by the mount, subroot and **posixovl** arguments:
+<file>
+title SliTaz cooking
+  map --mem --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 (hd0,0)/boot/slitaz-preinit.iso (hd1)
+  map --hook
+  kernel (hd1)/boot/bzImage mount=/dev/hda1 subroot=slitaz posixovl
+  initrd (hd1)/boot/rootfs.gz
+</file>
+Both notes in 'Loop install' section about bzImage extraction and UUID/LABEL also apply here.
+====== TODO ======
+==== Extra setup ====
+You want to see the host partition while running SliTaz like [[wp>UMSDOS]] does with /DOS.
+Create the mount point:
+  # mkdir /mnt/slitaz/Windows
+And update the boot arguments:
+<file>
+title SliTaz cooking
+  map (hd0,0)/boot/slitaz-preinit.iso (hd1)
+  map --hook
+  kernel (hd1)/boot/bzImage mount=/dev/hda1 subroot=slitaz posixovl bindfs=.,slitaz/Windows
+  initrd (hd1)/boot/rootfs.gz
+</file>
+====== TODO ======
 ===== LVM install =====

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