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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)  
 + 
 +OR 
 + 
 +<code> # tazusb gen-iso2usb slitaz.iso /dev/sdxx </code> 
 +(if you're working with an iso file as the install source) 
 + 
 +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"
  
 And that's all you need to do, you can now boot SliTaz from usb media (providing your computer bios supports this method). And that's all you need to do, you can now boot SliTaz from usb media (providing your computer bios supports this method).
  
-=== Maintaining system settings ===+=== Tazusb Manual ===
  
-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:+The official Tazusb manual can be found in the SliTaz [[http://hg.slitaz.org/tazusb/raw-file/tip/doc/tazusb.en.html|Web site documentation]]; this contains a lot more useful information. The manual is also available through the documentation menu on the LiveCD.
  
-    * fast compression, average filesize: <code> # tazusb writefs gzip </code> +===== Install SliTaz on USB from Windows =====
-    * 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.+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: 
 +  - the latest SliTaz iso from [[http://www.slitaz.org/en/get/#stable|Get SliTaz]]. 
 +  - 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
  
-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//.+**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> 
 +\boot 
 +\boot\isolinux 
 +\boot\grub 
 +</code>
  
-=== Tazusb Manual ===+<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>
  
-The official Tazusb manual can be found in the SliTaz [[http://hg.slitaz.org/tazusb/raw-file/tip/doc/tazusb.en.html|Web site documentation]]; this contains a lot more useful information. The manual is also available through the documentation menu on the LiveCD.+**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> 
 +display syslinux.msg 
 +label slitaz 
 + kernel /boot/bzImage 
 + append initrd=/boot/rootfs.gz rw root=/dev/null lang=C kmap=uk vga=normal autologin 
 + 
 +include common.cfg 
 +</file> 
 +**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. 
 + 
 +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> 
 +k: 
 +cd \boot\syslinux 
 +syslinux -ma -d \boot\syslinux k: 
 +</code> 
 + 
 +**7.** You can now restart your computer. Change option in BIOS to boot first from USB. 
 + 
 +==== See also ==== 
 +[[http://doc.slitaz.org/en:guides:liveusb]]
 
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