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pankso@16 24 <h1><font color="#3E1220">SliTaz Handbook (en)</font></h1>
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pankso@16 31 <h2><font color="#DF8F06">HD Installation</font></h2>
pankso@16 32
pankso@16 33 <ul>
pascal@550 34 <li><a href="install.html#intro">Introduction.</a></li>
pascal@550 35 <li><a href="install.html#installer">SliTaz Installer.</a></li>
pascal@550 36 <li><a href="install.html#byhand">Installation by hand.</a></li>
pascal@550 37 <li><a href="install.html#grub">GRUB bootloader.</a></li>
pankso@16 38 </ul>
pankso@16 39
pankso@16 40 <a name="intro"></a>
pankso@16 41 <h3>Introduction</h3>
pankso@16 42 <p>
pankso@17 43 This document gives information and necessary instructions on how to
pankso@17 44 install SliTaz on a hard disk. This should take about 10 minutes, SliTaz core
pankso@17 45 LiveCD expands to 80 Mb, so we suggest a minimum of 120 Mb of free space.
paul@128 46 This way you will be able to install a few more packages. If you can
pankso@16 47 <a href="livecd.html">use the LiveCD</a>, you should be able to install SliTaz.
pankso@16 48 </p>
pankso@16 49
pankso@16 50 <a name="installer"></a>
pankso@16 51 <h3>SliTaz Installer</h3>
pankso@16 52 <p>
pankso@17 53 SliTaz provides a simple to use Installer which can be launched from the
paul@523 54 "System Tools" menu. SliTaz 2.0 Installer messages are in English
paul@545 55 and can be used with these complimentary instructions.
pankso@16 56 </p>
pankso@16 57 <h4>Install type</h4>
pankso@16 58 <p>
pankso@17 59 The first step lets you choose the type of installation: new install or system
paul@18 60 upgrade. In most cases you will want a new and clean installation. On confirming this
pankso@16 61 the installer will mount the master cdrom device and search for the compressed
MikeDSmith25@117 62 filesystem (<code>rootfs.gz</code>). If no filesystem is found, then the
MikeDSmith25@117 63 installation will abort.
pankso@16 64 </p>
pankso@16 65 <p>
pankso@16 66 If you get into trouble because the compressed filesystem is not found, please
pankso@17 67 check that SliTaz is in the master CD/DVD device. If the problem persists you
pankso@16 68 can use a downloaded ISO image and mount it on <code>/media/cdrom</code> where
pankso@17 69 the HD Installer expects to find it:
pankso@16 70 </p>
pankso@16 71 <pre>
pankso@16 72 # mount -o loop slitaz-1.0.iso /media/cdrom
pankso@16 73 </pre>
pankso@16 74 <h4>Target partition</h4>
pankso@16 75 <p>
MikeDSmith25@117 76 Second step is the partition configuration. If you already have a free partition
paul@166 77 you can directly use it, if not you will have to create one graphically using
pankso@16 78 Gparted or from the command line with fdisk. For example if you want to install
pankso@16 79 SliTaz on the first partition of the first disk recognized as <code>hda</code>:
pankso@16 80 </p>
pankso@17 81 <pre class="script">/dev/hda1
pankso@16 82 </pre>
pankso@16 83 <h4>Formating</h4>
pankso@16 84 <p>
pankso@17 85 The next step lets you format the target partition into <code>ext3</code>. Ext3
MikeDSmith25@117 86 is a robust, stable and journaled filesystem. If the partition is already
paul@35 87 formated you can skip this step, if not just accept. <em>Warning</em> formating a
pankso@16 88 partition will destroy all current data.
pankso@16 89 </p>
pankso@16 90 <h4>Hostname</h4>
pankso@16 91 <p>
pankso@17 92 Hostname configuration lets you set the machine name. The hostname is used
paul@18 93 internally to identify the host on the network. This value can be
MikeDSmith25@117 94 changed after the system is installed.
pankso@16 95 </p>
pankso@16 96 <h4>Bootloader - GRUB</h4>
pankso@16 97 <p>
pankso@17 98 When the installation process is finished you have the option to install the GRUB
pankso@17 99 bootloader which is capable of booting almost any kind of operating system. If
pankso@16 100 you want to use an existing GRUB installation, skip this step and add the
pankso@16 101 correct lines to your GRUB configuration file (<code>menu.lst</code>). Note
pankso@17 102 that the SliTaz Installer creates a configuration file on the target which can be
pankso@17 103 used as an example (/mnt/target/boot/grub/menu.lst).
pankso@16 104 </p>
pankso@16 105 <h4>End of installation</h4>
pankso@16 106 <p>
paul@523 107 When the Installer has finally done its job you have the option to exit or
pankso@17 108 directly reboot your new SliTaz GNU/Linux operating system. First boot is like
pankso@17 109 the LiveCD, you will be prompted for locale, keyboard, sound card and screen
pankso@17 110 selection. Future reboots will not prompt you anymore for configuration details,
pankso@17 111 but all the values can be changed either manually or with the project tools
pankso@17 112 such as <code>tazlocale</code> or <code>tazx</code>.
pankso@16 113 </p>
pankso@16 114
pankso@16 115 <a name="byhand"></a>
pankso@16 116 <h3>Installation by hand</h3>
pankso@16 117 <p>
pankso@16 118 SliTaz can also be installed by hand from the command line. To install SliTaz
paul@18 119 by hand you can use a cdrom or an ISO image. The following commands can be
pankso@17 120 copied/pasted from Firefox to Xterm.
pankso@16 121 </p>
pankso@16 122 <p>
pankso@16 123 The first thing you have to do is prepare a target partition and mount it.
pankso@16 124 Example using partition <code>/dev/hda1</code>:
pankso@16 125 </p>
pankso@16 126 <pre>
pankso@16 127 # mkdir /mnt/target
pankso@16 128 # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/target
pankso@16 129 </pre>
pankso@16 130 <h4>Mount cdrom or ISO image</h4>
pankso@16 131 <p>
pankso@16 132 Now you have to mount the cdrom:
pankso@16 133 </p>
pankso@16 134 <pre>
pankso@16 135 # mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
pankso@16 136 </pre>
pankso@16 137 <p>
pankso@17 138 Or an ISO image:
pankso@16 139 </p>
pankso@16 140 <pre>
pankso@16 141 # mount -o loop slitaz-1.0.iso /media/cdrom
pankso@16 142 </pre>
pankso@16 143 <h4>Install and extract</h4>
pankso@16 144 <p>
pankso@17 145 The goal now is to copy needed files from the media into the target partition
pankso@17 146 and then extract the compressed filesystem (<code>rootfs.gz</code>). Create a
pankso@16 147 boot directory and install the Linux Kernel:
pankso@16 148 </p>
pankso@16 149 <pre>
pankso@16 150 # mkdir /mnt/target/boot
pankso@16 151 # cp -a /media/cdrom/boot/vmlinuz-* /mnt/target/boot
pankso@16 152 </pre>
pankso@16 153 <p>
pankso@16 154 Copy the rootfs:
pankso@16 155 </p>
pankso@16 156 <pre>
pankso@16 157 # cp /media/cdrom/boot/rootfs.gz /mnt/target
pankso@16 158 </pre>
pankso@16 159 <p>
MikeDSmith25@117 160 Now the necessary files are present so you can change (<code>cd</code>)
MikeDSmith25@117 161 to the target directory and uncompress the filesystem with <code>lzma</code> and
pankso@16 162 <code>cpio</code>:
pankso@16 163 </p>
pankso@16 164 <pre>
pankso@16 165 # cd /mnt/target
pankso@16 166 # lzma d rootfs.gz -so | cpio -id
pankso@16 167 # rm rootfs.gz init
pankso@16 168 </pre>
pankso@16 169 <p>
pankso@17 170 That's all, SliTaz is installed. Before rebooting on your new SliTaz GNU/Linux
paul@162 171 installation, please check that you have a bootloader (GRUB or Lilo) and add
pankso@16 172 the necessary lines to boot SliTaz.
pankso@16 173 </p>
pankso@16 174
pankso@16 175 <a name="grub"></a>
pankso@16 176 <h3>GRUB bootloader</h3>
pankso@16 177 <p>
pankso@17 178 GRUB is an universal bootloader capable of booting almost any operating system
pankso@17 179 such as Linux, BSD or Windows. GRUB uses a single configuration file named
pascal@550 180 <code>menu.lst</code>, if you used the <a href="install.html#installer">SliTaz Installer</a>
pankso@17 181 and installed GRUB you dont need to manually install GRUB, just reboot.
pankso@16 182 </p>
pankso@16 183 <p>
pankso@17 184 Installation of GRUB onto the mbr, using root directory <code>/mnt/target</code>
pankso@17 185 (the target mounted partition) and the disk named <code>hda</code>:
pankso@16 186 </p>
pankso@16 187 <pre>
pankso@16 188 # grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/target /dev/hda
pankso@16 189 </pre>
pankso@16 190 <p>
pankso@17 191 You can now create a GRUB configuration file and add the lines which will boot
pankso@16 192 SliTaz. Menu.lst can be edited with your favorite text editor such as Nano or
pankso@16 193 Leafpad:
pankso@16 194 </p>
pankso@16 195 <pre>
pankso@16 196 # leafpad /mnt/target/boot/grub/menu.lst
pankso@16 197 </pre>
pankso@16 198 <h4>/boot/grub/menu.lst - Example</h4>
pankso@16 199 <pre class="script">
paul@433 200 title SliTaz GNU/Linux 1.0 (Kernel 2.6.25.5-slitaz)
pankso@16 201 root(hd0,0)
paul@433 202 kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.5-slitaz root=/dev/hda1 vga=normal
pankso@16 203 </pre>
pankso@16 204 <p>
pankso@16 205 Verify again that everything is in place before rebooting:
pankso@16 206 </p>
pankso@16 207 <pre>
pankso@16 208 # reboot
pankso@16 209 </pre>
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