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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> +
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-Each of these writes everything to a '//rootfs.gz//' archive to be loaded the next time you boot. +
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-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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 **7.** You can now restart your computer. Change option in BIOS to boot first from USB. **7.** You can now restart your computer. Change option in BIOS to boot first from USB.
-==== Easy way from Windows to SliTaz ==== 
  
-[[http://doc.slitaz.org/en:guides:liveusb|LiveUSB Guide: From Windows To SliTaz]]+==== See also ==== 
 +[[http://doc.slitaz.org/en:guides:liveusb]]
 
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