SliTaz Repositories

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     1.4 +====== Winboot ======
     1.5 +
     1.6 +===== Frugal install to Microsoft Windows partition =====
     1.7 +
     1.8 +Install [[http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Grub4dos_tutorial#Installation|Grub4dos]].
     1.9 +
    1.10 +This article will assume that your C: drive is //(hd0,0)//.
    1.11 +You need at least 160MB to run Slitaz cooking (128MB for Slitaz 1.0).
    1.12 +
    1.13 +Tested with Windows XP on FAT32 and on NTFS.
    1.14 +
    1.15 +For Windows XP, 2000 or NT, copy http://mirror.slitaz.org/boot/grldr
    1.16 +into C:\ and append to C:\boot.ini:
    1.17 +
    1.18 +<file>C:\grldr="Grub4DOS"</file>
    1.19 +
    1.20 +===== Traditional frugal install =====
    1.21 +
    1.22 +Copy http://download.tuxfamily.org/slitaz/boot/cooking/bzImage and
    1.23 +http://download.tuxfamily.org/slitaz/boot/cooking/rootfs.gz (both <30MB)
    1.24 +into C:\boot and append to C:\menu.lst the following text:
    1.25 +
    1.26 +<file>
    1.27 +title SliTaz cooking
    1.28 +  kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage rw root=/dev/null vga=normal
    1.29 +  initrd (hd0,0)/boot/rootfs.gz
    1.30 +</file>
    1.31 +Works fine with Windows XP on FAT32 and on NTFS.
    1.32 +
    1.33 +===== ISO image install =====
    1.34 +
    1.35 +Copy http://download.tuxfamily.org/slitaz/iso/cooking/slitaz-cooking.iso (<30MB)
    1.36 +into C:\boot. Run defragmentation on C:. And append to C:\menu.lst the following text:
    1.37 +
    1.38 +<file>
    1.39 +title SliTaz cooking
    1.40 +  map (hd0,0)/boot/slitaz-cooking.iso (hd1)
    1.41 +  map --hook
    1.42 +  kernel (hd1)/boot/bzImage rw root=/dev/null vga=normal
    1.43 +  initrd (hd1)/boot/rootfs.gz
    1.44 +</file>
    1.45 +
    1.46 +Works fine with Windows XP on FAT32 and on NTFS. Using version 0.4.3.
    1.47 +The file C:\boot\slitaz-cooking.iso MUST be defragmented.
    1.48 +
    1.49 +You need 160MB or 256MB of RAM to run the slitaz-cooking.iso.
    1.50 +If you have less RAM try:
    1.51 +http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/cooking/flavors/slitaz-cooking-base.iso or
    1.52 +http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/cooking/flavors/slitaz-cooking-justX.iso or
    1.53 +http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/cooking/flavors/slitaz-loram.iso instead:
    1.54 +
    1.55 +<file>
    1.56 +title SliTaz cooking base
    1.57 +  map (hd0,0)/boot/slitaz-cooking-base.iso (hd1)
    1.58 +  map --hook
    1.59 +  kernel (hd1)/boot/bzImage rw root=/dev/null vga=normal
    1.60 +  initrd (hd1)/boot/rootfs.gz
    1.61 +</file>
    1.62 +See http://community.slitaz.org/wiki/Loram
    1.63 +
    1.64 +===== Web boot install =====
    1.65 +
    1.66 +Copy http://download.tuxfamily.org/slitaz/boot/gpxe (<200KB)
    1.67 +into C:\boot and append to C:\menu.lst the following text:
    1.68 +
    1.69 +<file>
    1.70 +title SliTaz web
    1.71 +  kernel (hd0,0)/boot/gpxe
    1.72 +</file>
    1.73 +
    1.74 +Gpxe is provided by the SliTaz Live CD too:
    1.75 +<file>
    1.76 +title SliTaz web
    1.77 +  map (hd0,0)/boot/slitaz-cooking.iso (hd1)
    1.78 +  map --hook
    1.79 +  kernel (hd1)/boot/gpxe
    1.80 +</file>
    1.81 +This will boot the latest available version of SliTaz. See http://boot.slitaz.org/.
    1.82 +Works fine with Windows XP on FAT32 and on NTFS.
    1.83 +
    1.84 +===== Tuning the boot process =====
    1.85 +
    1.86 +Additional boot parameters may be appended. For example:
    1.87 +
    1.88 +<file>
    1.89 +title SliTaz cooking
    1.90 +  map (hd0,0)/boot/slitaz-cooking.iso (hd1)
    1.91 +  map --hook
    1.92 +  kernel (hd1)/boot/bzImage rw root=/dev/null vga=extended lang=fr_FR kmap=fr-latin1 laptop autologin config=/dev/hda1,boot/slitaz.sh
    1.93 +  initrd (hd1)/boot/rootfs.gz
    1.94 +</file>
    1.95 +
    1.96 +The file // /boot/slitaz.sh // in // /dev/hda1 // will be executed at the end of the boot script:
    1.97 +
    1.98 +<file>
    1.99 +  initrd (hd1)/boot/rootfs.gz (hd0,0)/boot/extra-softwares.gz (hd0,0)/boot/my-config-files.gz
   1.100 +</file>
   1.101 +
   1.102 +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.
   1.103 +
   1.104 +===== Automated Graphical Approach using UNetbootin =====
   1.105 +
   1.106 +A SliTaz Frugal Install or a Live USB installation can be performed using [[http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/|UNetbootin]].
   1.107 +
   1.108 +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
   1.109 +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.
   1.110 +
   1.111 +To perform a Frugal Install, select “Hard Disk” under installation type;
   1.112 +to create a Live USB, select “USB Drive” under installation type.
   1.113 +
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   1.116 +^  Page Review Section  ^^ 
   1.117 +|Quality| Good  |
   1.118 +|Review| Minor Updates  |
   1.119 +|Priority| Medium |
   1.120 +|Problems| add a [[http://forum.slitaz.org|forum post link]]|
   1.121 +|:::     | OR add a [[http://labs.slitaz.org/issues |lab issue tracker link ]]|
   1.122 +|How to Improve| Suggest briefly|
   1.123 +|::: | Add new rows like this ;-)  |
   1.124 +
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