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| author | Paul Issott <paul@slitaz.org> |
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| date | Fri May 02 23:14:11 2008 +0000 (2008-05-02) |
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31 <h2><font color="#DF8F06">LiveUSB media</font></h2>
33 <a name="tazusb"></a>
34 <h3>Tazusb - Live USB Tool</h3>
35 <p>
36 Tazusb is a tool that can create bootable usb media with a few simple commands.
37 It can also compress and backup the entire current filesystem to the media,
38 thus preserving all modifications for future use. Type <code>tazusb usage</code>
39 for a full list of commands or read
40 <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/en/doc/manuals/tazusb.en.html">TazUSB manual</a>.
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42 <h4>Generate your own LiveUSB media</h4>
43 <p>
44 To generate your own LiveUSB media, first you need to login as root with
45 <code>su</code> and locate your usb storage device using the command:
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47 <pre># fdisk -l # normally /dev/sda1
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50 Then format and label your device
51 (<em>Warning</em>: this will erase all data, make sure you specify the right device):
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53 <pre># tazusb format /dev/sda1
54 </pre>
55 <p>
56 And finally generate LiveUSB media device:
57 </p>
58 <pre># tazusb gen-liveusb /dev/sda1
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60 <p>
61 And that's all you need to do, you can now boot SliTaz from usb media (providing
62 your computer bios supports this method).
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64 <h4>Maintaining system settings</h4>
65 <p>When you finish your LiveUSB session, make sure you maintain your installed
66 packages, system settings etc by backing up the entire current filesystem with:
67 </p>
68 <pre># tazusb writefs gzip
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70 <p>
71 This effectively compresses and backs up everything to 'rootfs.gz' to be
72 loaded the next time you boot.
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74 <p>
75 If anything should go wrong when writing your filesystem, you can simply rollback
76 to your previous filesystem by typing 'previous' at the 'boot:' prompt. Older backups are
77 named 'rootfs.gz.unixtimestamp' and can be safely deleted from the /home folder to save disk space.
78 </p>
79 <h4>Tazusb Manual</h4>
80 <p>
81 The official Tazusb manual can be found in SliTaz
82 <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/en/doc/manuals/tazusb.en.html">Web site documentation</a>,
83 it contains a lot more useful information. The manual is also available through the documentation menu on the LiveCD.
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85 <p>
86 The maintainer of Tazusb has also written a nice
87 <a href="http://www.custompc.co.uk/features/602451/make-any-pc-your-own-with-linux-on-a-usb-key.html">article</a>
88 about the utility.
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