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| author | Pascal Bellard <pascal.bellard@slitaz.org> |
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| date | Wed Dec 03 13:30:45 2014 +0100 (2014-12-03) |
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1.1 --- a/doc/tazusb.en.html Sat Sep 18 12:56:34 2010 +0000 1.2 +++ b/doc/tazusb.en.html Wed Dec 03 13:30:45 2014 +0100 1.3 @@ -1,31 +1,18 @@ 1.4 -<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 1.5 - "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> 1.6 -<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> 1.7 +<!DOCTYPE html> 1.8 +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 1.9 <head> 1.10 - <title>TazUSB - SliTaz Live utility English manual</title> 1.11 - <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> 1.12 - <meta name="description" content="slitaz bootable media LiveUSB key hd SD card" /> 1.13 - <meta name="expires" content="never" /> 1.14 - <meta name="modified" content="2008-07-18 20:00:00" /> 1.15 - <style type="text/css"><!-- 1.16 - body { font: 90% sans-serif, vernada, arial; margin: 0; } 1.17 - #header { background: #f0ba08; color: black; height: 50px; 1.18 - border-top: 1px solid black; border-bottom: 1px solid black; } 1.19 - #content { margin: 0px 50px 26px 50px; } 1.20 - h1 { margin: 14px 0px 0px 16px; } 1.21 - li { line-height: 1.4em; } 1.22 - pre { padding: 5px; color: black; background: #e1e0b0; } 1.23 - pre.script { padding: 10px; color: black; background: #e8e8e8; 1.24 - border: 1px inset #333333; } 1.25 - code { font-size: 100%; color: #669900; background: transparent; } 1.26 - hr { color: white; background: white; height: 1px; border: 0; } 1.27 - --></style> 1.28 + <title>TazUSB Manual (en)</title> 1.29 + <meta charset="utf-8" /> 1.30 + <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" /> 1.31 + <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" /> 1.32 </head> 1.33 -<body bgcolor="#ffffff"> 1.34 +<body> 1.35 + 1.36 +<!-- Header --> 1.37 <div id="header"> 1.38 -<h1><font color="#3e1220">TazUSB Manual</font></h1> 1.39 + <h1>TazUSB Manual</h1> 1.40 </div> 1.41 -<hr /> 1.42 + 1.43 <!-- Start content --> 1.44 <div id="content"> 1.45 1.46 @@ -33,123 +20,138 @@ 1.47 <p> 1.48 TazUSB - SliTaz LiveUSB utility 1.49 </p> 1.50 + 1.51 <h2>SYNTAX</h2> 1.52 <pre> 1.53 tazusb [command] [compression|device|file] 1.54 </pre> 1.55 + 1.56 <h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> 1.57 <p> 1.58 -TazUSB is a utility designed for installing SliTaz to a USB drive. Unlike a 1.59 -hard drive install, the filesystem is kept in a compressed "rootfs.gz" file. 1.60 -The filesystem is loaded entirely into memory upon boot. This should increase 1.61 -responsiveness, protect the filesystem against accidental corruption and 1.62 -reduce read/writes to the USB drive. Once setup, this utility can also 1.63 -rewrite the root filesystem with any changes you have made since booting up, 1.64 -giving the effective benefits of a hard drive install. 1.65 + TazUSB is a utility designed for installing SliTaz to a USB drive. Unlike a 1.66 + hard drive install, the filesystem is kept in a compressed "rootfs.gz" file. 1.67 + The filesystem is loaded entirely into memory upon boot. This should 1.68 + increase responsiveness, protect the filesystem against accidental 1.69 + corruption and reduce read/writes to the USB drive. Once setup, this utility 1.70 + can also rewrite the root filesystem with any changes you have made since 1.71 + booting up, giving the effective benefits of a hard drive install. 1.72 </p> 1.73 <p> 1.74 -TazUSB supports FAT32/EXT3/EXT2 formatted drives using SYSLINUX and EXTLINUX 1.75 -respectively. "/home" is mounted on boot using the UUID of your particular 1.76 -flash drive. Unlike a device name, the UUID has the benefit of never changing 1.77 -from machine to machine. 1.78 + TazUSB supports FAT32/EXT3/EXT2 formatted drives using SYSLINUX and EXTLINUX 1.79 + respectively. "/home" is mounted on boot using the UUID of your particular 1.80 + flash drive. Unlike a device name, the UUID has the benefit of never 1.81 + changing from machine to machine. 1.82 </p> 1.83 + 1.84 <h2>COMMANDS</h2> 1.85 <a name="usage"></a> 1.86 -<h3><font color="#6c0023">usage</font></h3> 1.87 +<h3>usage</h3> 1.88 <p> 1.89 -The command 'usage' will display a short summary of all available commands. 1.90 + The command 'usage' will display a short summary of all available commands. 1.91 </p> 1.92 <pre> 1.93 # tazusb usage 1.94 </pre> 1.95 + 1.96 <a name="writefs"></a> 1.97 -<h3><font color="#6c0023">writefs</font></h3> 1.98 +<h3>writefs</h3> 1.99 <p> 1.100 -The command 'writefs' will take the current memory resident filesystem and 1.101 -create a "rootfs.gz" file. If your flash drive is mounted as /home (as it 1.102 -should be), the new filesystem will be copied to the drive for you, otherwise 1.103 -it is left on the root of the drive. Your previous filesystem will be renamed 1.104 -to "previous.gz" and can be accessed on bootup by typing "previous" at the 1.105 -"boot:" prompt. All previous filesystems are renamed to 1.106 -rootfs.gz.unixtimestamp. These are not removed automatically, so you should 1.107 -periodically delete these to keep disk usage down. 1.108 + The command 'writefs' will take the current memory resident filesystem and 1.109 + create a "rootfs.gz" file. If your flash drive is mounted as /home (as it 1.110 + should be), the new filesystem will be copied to the drive for you, 1.111 + otherwise it is left on the root of the drive. Your previous filesystem 1.112 + will be renamed to "previous.gz" and can be accessed on bootup by typing 1.113 + "previous" at the "boot:" prompt. All previous filesystems are renamed to 1.114 + rootfs.gz.unixtimestamp. These are not removed automatically, so you should 1.115 + periodically delete these to keep disk usage down. 1.116 </p> 1.117 <p> 1.118 -Filesystem compression is supported in the form of lzma, gzip or none. 1.119 -Using no compression is very quick (under 5 seconds) and useful if you are 1.120 -experimenting with a lot of changes. By comparison, using lzma or gzip takes 1.121 -a few minutes but will dramatically reduce file size. This is recommended when 1.122 -committing permanent changes to the filesystem. 1.123 + Filesystem compression is supported in the form of lzma, gzip or none. 1.124 + Using no compression is very quick (under 5 seconds) and useful if you are 1.125 + experimenting with a lot of changes. By comparison, using lzma or gzip takes 1.126 + a few minutes but will dramatically reduce file size. This is recommended 1.127 + when committing permanent changes to the filesystem. 1.128 </p> 1.129 <pre> 1.130 - # tazusb writefs compression 1.131 +# tazusb writefs compression 1.132 </pre> 1.133 -Example: 1.134 +<p>Example:</p> 1.135 <pre> 1.136 - # tazusb writefs lzma 1.137 +# tazusb writefs lzma 1.138 </pre> 1.139 + 1.140 <a name="format"></a> 1.141 -<h3><font color="#6c0023">format</font></h3> 1.142 +<h3>format</h3> 1.143 <p> 1.144 -The command 'format' is used for formatting a device for use as a LiveUSB 1.145 -device. Currently, it supports formatting as EXT2, EXT3 and FAT32. 1.146 + The command 'format' is used for formatting a device for use as a LiveUSB 1.147 + device. Currently, it supports formatting as EXT2, EXT3 and FAT32. 1.148 </p> 1.149 <pre> 1.150 - # tazusb format /dev/name 1.151 +# tazusb format /dev/name 1.152 </pre> 1.153 -Example: 1.154 +<p>Example:</p> 1.155 <pre> 1.156 - # tazusb format /dev/sda1 1.157 +# tazusb format /dev/sda1 1.158 </pre> 1.159 + 1.160 <a name="gen-liveusb"></a> 1.161 -<h3><font color="#6c0023">gen-liveusb</font></h3> 1.162 +<h3>gen-liveusb</h3> 1.163 <p> 1.164 -"gen-liveusb" will install a fresh MBR, set your partition as bootable and 1.165 -install syslinux/extlinux depending on the detected filesystem. It will then 1.166 -copy the kernel and filesystem from the CDROM drive, and place this on the 1.167 -target USB drive. This will leave you with a bootable USB copy of SliTaz. 1.168 + "gen-liveusb" will install a fresh MBR, set your partition as bootable and 1.169 + install syslinux/extlinux depending on the detected filesystem. It will then 1.170 + copy the kernel and filesystem from the CDROM drive, and place this on the 1.171 + target USB drive. This will leave you with a bootable USB copy of SliTaz. 1.172 </p> 1.173 <pre> 1.174 - # tazusb gen-liveusb /dev/name 1.175 +# tazusb gen-liveusb /dev/name 1.176 </pre> 1.177 -Example: 1.178 +<p>Example:</p> 1.179 <pre> 1.180 - # tazusb gen-liveusb /dev/sda1 1.181 +# tazusb gen-liveusb /dev/sda1 1.182 </pre> 1.183 + 1.184 <a name="gen-swap"></a> 1.185 -<h3><font color="#6c0023">gen-swap</font></h3> 1.186 +<h3>gen-swap</h3> 1.187 <p> 1.188 -The 'gen-swap' command re/creates a virtual swap file and places 1.189 -it in the /home directory to be activated on each boot. This is useful 1.190 -for old systems with low memory. 1.191 + The 'gen-swap' command re/creates a virtual swap file and places 1.192 + it in the /home directory to be activated on each boot. This is useful 1.193 + for old systems with low memory. 1.194 </p> 1.195 -<pre> # tazusb gen-swap 1.196 +<pre> 1.197 +# tazusb gen-swap 1.198 </pre> 1.199 + 1.200 <a name="gen-iso2usb"></a> 1.201 -<h3><font color="#6c0023">gen-iso2usb</font></h3> 1.202 +<h3>gen-iso2usb</h3> 1.203 <p> 1.204 -This command performs the same task as gen-liveusb, only copying the Kernel 1.205 -and filesystem from a downloaded ISO image instead of the CDROM drive. 1.206 + This command performs the same task as gen-liveusb, only copying the Kernel 1.207 + and filesystem from a downloaded ISO image instead of the CDROM drive. 1.208 </p> 1.209 -<pre> # tazusb gen-iso2usb /path/to/iso 1.210 +<pre> 1.211 +# tazusb gen-iso2usb /path/to/iso 1.212 </pre> 1.213 -Example: 1.214 -<pre> # tazusb gen-iso2usb /home/tux/slitaz.iso 1.215 +<p>Example:</p> 1.216 +<pre> 1.217 +# tazusb gen-iso2usb /home/tux/slitaz.iso 1.218 </pre> 1.219 + 1.220 <a name="clean"></a> 1.221 -<h3><font color="#6c0023">clean</font></h3> 1.222 +<h3>clean</h3> 1.223 <p> 1.224 -"clean" removes old rootfs.gz.unixtimestamp filesystems (see writefs) 1.225 -to keep disk usage down. 1.226 + "clean" removes old rootfs.gz.unixtimestamp filesystems (see writefs) 1.227 + to keep disk usage down. 1.228 </p> 1.229 -<pre> # tazusb clean 1.230 +<pre> 1.231 +# tazusb clean 1.232 </pre> 1.233 + 1.234 <h2>MAINTAINER</h2> 1.235 <p> 1.236 -Eric Joseph-Alexandre <erjo at slitaz.org> 1.237 + Eric Joseph-Alexandre <erjo at slitaz.org> 1.238 </p> 1.239 1.240 <!-- End content --> 1.241 </div> 1.242 + 1.243 </body> 1.244 </html>