slitaz-doc-wiki-data annotate pages/en/guides/frugal.txt @ rev 60

Update pages folder.
author Christopher Rogers <slaxemulator@gmail.com>
date Sun May 22 18:19:57 2011 +0000 (2011-05-22)
parents
children f83e58ec34a3
rev   line source
slaxemulator@7 1 ====== Winboot ======
slaxemulator@7 2
slaxemulator@7 3 ===== Frugal install to Microsoft Windows partition =====
slaxemulator@7 4
slaxemulator@7 5 Install [[http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Grub4dos_tutorial#Installation|Grub4dos]].
slaxemulator@7 6
slaxemulator@7 7 This article will assume that your C: drive is //(hd0,0)//.
slaxemulator@7 8 You need at least 160MB to run Slitaz cooking (128MB for Slitaz 1.0).
slaxemulator@7 9
slaxemulator@7 10 Tested with Windows XP on FAT32 and on NTFS.
slaxemulator@7 11
slaxemulator@7 12 For Windows XP, 2000 or NT, copy http://mirror.slitaz.org/boot/grldr
slaxemulator@7 13 into C:\ and append to C:\boot.ini:
slaxemulator@7 14
slaxemulator@7 15 <file>C:\grldr="Grub4DOS"</file>
slaxemulator@7 16
slaxemulator@7 17 ===== Traditional frugal install =====
slaxemulator@7 18
slaxemulator@7 19 Copy http://download.tuxfamily.org/slitaz/boot/cooking/bzImage and
slaxemulator@7 20 http://download.tuxfamily.org/slitaz/boot/cooking/rootfs.gz (both <30MB)
slaxemulator@7 21 into C:\boot and append to C:\menu.lst the following text:
slaxemulator@7 22
slaxemulator@7 23 <file>
slaxemulator@7 24 title SliTaz cooking
slaxemulator@7 25 kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage rw root=/dev/null vga=normal
slaxemulator@7 26 initrd (hd0,0)/boot/rootfs.gz
slaxemulator@7 27 </file>
slaxemulator@7 28 Works fine with Windows XP on FAT32 and on NTFS.
slaxemulator@7 29
slaxemulator@7 30 ===== ISO image install =====
slaxemulator@7 31
slaxemulator@7 32 Copy http://download.tuxfamily.org/slitaz/iso/cooking/slitaz-cooking.iso (<30MB)
slaxemulator@7 33 into C:\boot. Run defragmentation on C:. And append to C:\menu.lst the following text:
slaxemulator@7 34
slaxemulator@7 35 <file>
slaxemulator@7 36 title SliTaz cooking
slaxemulator@7 37 map (hd0,0)/boot/slitaz-cooking.iso (hd1)
slaxemulator@7 38 map --hook
slaxemulator@7 39 kernel (hd1)/boot/bzImage rw root=/dev/null vga=normal
slaxemulator@7 40 initrd (hd1)/boot/rootfs.gz
slaxemulator@7 41 </file>
slaxemulator@7 42
slaxemulator@7 43 Works fine with Windows XP on FAT32 and on NTFS. Using version 0.4.3.
slaxemulator@7 44 The file C:\boot\slitaz-cooking.iso MUST be defragmented.
slaxemulator@7 45
slaxemulator@7 46 You need 160MB or 256MB of RAM to run the slitaz-cooking.iso.
slaxemulator@7 47 If you have less RAM try:
slaxemulator@7 48 http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/cooking/flavors/slitaz-cooking-base.iso or
slaxemulator@7 49 http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/cooking/flavors/slitaz-cooking-justX.iso or
slaxemulator@7 50 http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/cooking/flavors/slitaz-loram.iso instead:
slaxemulator@7 51
slaxemulator@7 52 <file>
slaxemulator@7 53 title SliTaz cooking base
slaxemulator@7 54 map (hd0,0)/boot/slitaz-cooking-base.iso (hd1)
slaxemulator@7 55 map --hook
slaxemulator@7 56 kernel (hd1)/boot/bzImage rw root=/dev/null vga=normal
slaxemulator@7 57 initrd (hd1)/boot/rootfs.gz
slaxemulator@7 58 </file>
slaxemulator@7 59 See http://community.slitaz.org/wiki/Loram
slaxemulator@7 60
slaxemulator@7 61 ===== Web boot install =====
slaxemulator@7 62
slaxemulator@7 63 Copy http://download.tuxfamily.org/slitaz/boot/gpxe (<200KB)
slaxemulator@7 64 into C:\boot and append to C:\menu.lst the following text:
slaxemulator@7 65
slaxemulator@7 66 <file>
slaxemulator@7 67 title SliTaz web
slaxemulator@7 68 kernel (hd0,0)/boot/gpxe
slaxemulator@7 69 </file>
slaxemulator@7 70
slaxemulator@7 71 Gpxe is provided by the SliTaz Live CD too:
slaxemulator@7 72 <file>
slaxemulator@7 73 title SliTaz web
slaxemulator@7 74 map (hd0,0)/boot/slitaz-cooking.iso (hd1)
slaxemulator@7 75 map --hook
slaxemulator@7 76 kernel (hd1)/boot/gpxe
slaxemulator@7 77 </file>
slaxemulator@7 78 This will boot the latest available version of SliTaz. See http://boot.slitaz.org/.
slaxemulator@7 79 Works fine with Windows XP on FAT32 and on NTFS.
slaxemulator@7 80
slaxemulator@7 81 ===== Tuning the boot process =====
slaxemulator@7 82
slaxemulator@7 83 Additional boot parameters may be appended. For example:
slaxemulator@7 84
slaxemulator@7 85 <file>
slaxemulator@7 86 title SliTaz cooking
slaxemulator@7 87 map (hd0,0)/boot/slitaz-cooking.iso (hd1)
slaxemulator@7 88 map --hook
slaxemulator@7 89 kernel (hd1)/boot/bzImage rw root=/dev/null vga=extended lang=fr_FR kmap=fr-latin1 laptop autologin config=/dev/hda1,boot/slitaz.sh
slaxemulator@7 90 initrd (hd1)/boot/rootfs.gz
slaxemulator@7 91 </file>
slaxemulator@7 92
slaxemulator@7 93 The file // /boot/slitaz.sh // in // /dev/hda1 // will be executed at the end of the boot script:
slaxemulator@7 94
slaxemulator@7 95 <file>
slaxemulator@7 96 initrd (hd1)/boot/rootfs.gz (hd0,0)/boot/extra-softwares.gz (hd0,0)/boot/my-config-files.gz
slaxemulator@7 97 </file>
slaxemulator@7 98
slaxemulator@7 99 The compressed cpio archives // /boot/extra-softwares.gz // and // /boot/my-config-files.gz // will be loaded after the official initramfs //rootfs.gz//. This is faster than using the previous // /boot/slitaz.sh // script.
slaxemulator@7 100
slaxemulator@7 101 ===== Automated Graphical Approach using UNetbootin =====
slaxemulator@7 102
slaxemulator@7 103 A SliTaz Frugal Install or a Live USB installation can be performed using [[http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/|UNetbootin]].
slaxemulator@7 104
slaxemulator@7 105 Either the standard version ([[http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/unetbootin-windows-latest.exe|Windows]] | [[http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/unetbootin-linux-latest|Linux]]) can be used (select SliTaz from the
slaxemulator@7 106 Distribution list), or a custom SliTaz version ([[http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/unetbootin-windows-latest.exe|Windows]] | [[http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/unetbootin-linux-latest|Linux]]) may also be used.
slaxemulator@7 107
slaxemulator@7 108 To perform a Frugal Install, select “Hard Disk” under installation type;
slaxemulator@7 109 to create a Live USB, select “USB Drive” under installation type.
slaxemulator@7 110
slaxemulator@7 111 ----
slaxemulator@7 112 \\
slaxemulator@7 113 ^ Page Review Section ^^
slaxemulator@7 114 |Quality| Good |
slaxemulator@7 115 |Review| Minor Updates |
slaxemulator@7 116 |Priority| Medium |
slaxemulator@7 117 |Problems| add a [[http://forum.slitaz.org|forum post link]]|
slaxemulator@7 118 |::: | OR add a [[http://labs.slitaz.org/issues |lab issue tracker link ]]|
slaxemulator@7 119 |How to Improve| Suggest briefly|
slaxemulator@7 120 |::: | Add new rows like this ;-) |
slaxemulator@7 121
slaxemulator@7 122 \\
slaxemulator@7 123 ----