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| === Boot-Loader (GRUB) === | === Boot-Loader (GRUB) === | ||
| - | With the next step you have the option to install the GRUB boot-loader. GRUB is capable of booting almost any kind of operating system and can be configured through a human-readable text file; changes to this file are instant and do not require any additional commands to take effect. | + | With the next step you have the option to install the GRUB boot-loader and enable a Windows dual-boot. GRUB is capable of booting almost any kind of operating system and can be configured through a human-readable text file; changes to this file are instant and do not require any additional commands to take effect. |
| If you want to use an existing GRUB installation, skip this step and add the correct lines to your GRUB configuration file (menu.lst); [[installation#grub-boot-loader | see below]] for more information. Note that the SliTaz Installer creates a configuration file on the target which can be used as an example (///mnt/target/boot/grub/menu.lst//). | If you want to use an existing GRUB installation, skip this step and add the correct lines to your GRUB configuration file (menu.lst); [[installation#grub-boot-loader | see below]] for more information. Note that the SliTaz Installer creates a configuration file on the target which can be used as an example (///mnt/target/boot/grub/menu.lst//). | ||
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| <code> # cp /media/cdrom/boot/rootfs.gz /mnt/target </code> | <code> # cp /media/cdrom/boot/rootfs.gz /mnt/target </code> | ||
| + | <note> | ||
| + | Since SliTaz 4.0, multiple rootfs should be copied. | ||
| + | <code> # cp /media/cdrom/boot/rootfs* /mnt/target </code> | ||
| + | You can also copy rootfs4.gz only to get minimum the text mode installation | ||
| + | </note> | ||
| Now the necessary files are present, change (//cd//) to the target directory and decompress the file-system. This is done with the //lzma// and //cpio// utilities: | Now the necessary files are present, change (//cd//) to the target directory and decompress the file-system. This is done with the //lzma// and //cpio// utilities: | ||
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| <code> | <code> | ||
| # cd /mnt/target | # cd /mnt/target | ||
| - | # lzma d rootfs.gz -so | cpio -id | + | # unlzma < rootfs.gz | cpio -id |
| # rm rootfs.gz init | # rm rootfs.gz init | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
| + | <note> | ||
| + | For SliTaz 4.0 and newer: | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | # cd /mnt/target | ||
| + | # unlzma < rootfs4.gz | cpio -id | ||
| + | # unlzma < rootfs3.gz | cpio -id | ||
| + | # unlzma < rootfs2.gz | cpio -id | ||
| + | # unlzma < rootfs1.gz | cpio -id | ||
| + | # rm rootfs* init | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | </note> | ||
| That's it; SliTaz is installed! Before rebooting to start your new SliTaz GNU/Linux installation, please check that you have a boot-loader (GRUB or Lilo) installed and add the necessary lines (see below) to boot SliTaz. | That's it; SliTaz is installed! Before rebooting to start your new SliTaz GNU/Linux installation, please check that you have a boot-loader (GRUB or Lilo) installed and add the necessary lines (see below) to boot SliTaz. | ||