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22 <a href="index.html">Table of contents</a>
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24 <h1><font color="#3E1220">SliTaz Handbook (en)</font></h1>
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29 <div class="content-right"></div>
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30
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31 <h2><font color="#DF8F06">HD Installation</font></h2>
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32
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33 <ul>
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34 <li><a href="#intro">Introduction.</a></li>
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35 <li><a href="#installer">SliTaz Installer.</a></li>
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36 <li><a href="#byhand">Installation by hand.</a></li>
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37 <li><a href="#grub">GRUB bootloader.</a></li>
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38 </ul>
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39
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40 <a name="intro"></a>
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41 <h3>Introduction</h3>
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42 <p>
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43 This document gives information and necessary instructions on how to
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44 install SliTaz on a hard disk. This should take about 10 minutes, SliTaz core
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45 LiveCD expands to 80 Mb, so we suggest a minimum of 120 Mb of free space.
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46 That way you will be able to install a few more packages. If you can
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47 <a href="livecd.html">use the LiveCD</a>, you should be able to install SliTaz.
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48 </p>
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49
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50 <a name="installer"></a>
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51 <h3>SliTaz Installer</h3>
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52 <p>
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53 SliTaz provides a simple to use Installer which can be launched from the
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54 "System Tools" menu. SliTaz 1.0 Installer messages are only available in French
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55 and can be considered as an errata, but English speakers should be able to
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56 manage to use it with these complimentary instructions.
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57 </p>
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58 <h4>Install type</h4>
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59 <p>
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60 The first step lets you choose the type of installation: new install or system
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61 upgrade. In most cases you will want a new and clean installation. On confirming this
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62 the installer will mount the master cdrom device and search for the compressed
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63 filesystem (<code>rootfs.gz</code>). If any filesystem was found, then installation
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64 will abort.
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65 </p>
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66 <p>
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67 If you get into trouble because the compressed filesystem is not found, please
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68 check that SliTaz is in the master CD/DVD device. If the problem persists you
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69 can use a downloaded ISO image and mount it on <code>/media/cdrom</code> where
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70 the HD Installer expects to find it:
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71 </p>
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72 <pre>
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73 # mount -o loop slitaz-1.0.iso /media/cdrom
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74 </pre>
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75 <h4>Target partition</h4>
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76 <p>
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77 Second step is the partition configuration. If you have already a free partition
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78 you can directly use it, if not you will have to create one graphically with
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79 Gparted or from the command line with fdisk. For example if you want to install
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80 SliTaz on the first partition of the first disk recognized as <code>hda</code>:
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81 </p>
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82 <pre class="script">/dev/hda1
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83 </pre>
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84 <h4>Formating</h4>
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85 <p>
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86 The next step lets you format the target partition into <code>ext3</code>. Ext3
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87 is a robust, stable and journalised filesystem. If the partition is already
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88 formated you can skip this step, if not just accept. <em>Warning</em> formating a
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89 partition will destroy all current data.
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90 </p>
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91 <h4>Hostname</h4>
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92 <p>
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93 Hostname configuration lets you set the machine name. The hostname is used
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94 internally to identify the host on the network. This value can be
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95 changed when the system is installed.
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96 </p>
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97 <h4>Bootloader - GRUB</h4>
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98 <p>
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99 When the installation process is finished you have the option to install the GRUB
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100 bootloader which is capable of booting almost any kind of operating system. If
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101 you want to use an existing GRUB installation, skip this step and add the
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102 correct lines to your GRUB configuration file (<code>menu.lst</code>). Note
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103 that the SliTaz Installer creates a configuration file on the target which can be
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104 used as an example (/mnt/target/boot/grub/menu.lst).
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105 </p>
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106 <h4>End of installation</h4>
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107 <p>
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108 When the Installer has finally done it's job you have the option to exit or
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109 directly reboot your new SliTaz GNU/Linux operating system. First boot is like
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110 the LiveCD, you will be prompted for locale, keyboard, sound card and screen
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111 selection. Future reboots will not prompt you anymore for configuration details,
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112 but all the values can be changed either manually or with the project tools
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113 such as <code>tazlocale</code> or <code>tazx</code>.
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114 </p>
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115
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116 <a name="byhand"></a>
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117 <h3>Installation by hand</h3>
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118 <p>
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119 SliTaz can also be installed by hand from the command line. To install SliTaz
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120 by hand you can use a cdrom or an ISO image. The following commands can be
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121 copied/pasted from Firefox to Xterm.
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122 </p>
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123 <p>
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124 The first thing you have to do is prepare a target partition and mount it.
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125 Example using partition <code>/dev/hda1</code>:
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126 </p>
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127 <pre>
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128 # mkdir /mnt/target
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129 # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/target
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130 </pre>
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131 <h4>Mount cdrom or ISO image</h4>
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132 <p>
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133 Now you have to mount the cdrom:
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134 </p>
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135 <pre>
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136 # mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
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137 </pre>
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138 <p>
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139 Or an ISO image:
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140 </p>
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141 <pre>
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142 # mount -o loop slitaz-1.0.iso /media/cdrom
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143 </pre>
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144 <h4>Install and extract</h4>
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145 <p>
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146 The goal now is to copy needed files from the media into the target partition
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147 and then extract the compressed filesystem (<code>rootfs.gz</code>). Create a
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148 boot directory and install the Linux Kernel:
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149 </p>
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150 <pre>
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151 # mkdir /mnt/target/boot
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152 # cp -a /media/cdrom/boot/vmlinuz-* /mnt/target/boot
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153 </pre>
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154 <p>
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155 Copy the rootfs:
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156 </p>
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157 <pre>
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158 # cp /media/cdrom/boot/rootfs.gz /mnt/target
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159 </pre>
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160 <p>
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161 Now the necessary files are present so you can change directory (<code>cd</code>)
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162 to the target and uncompress the filesystem with <code>lzma</code> and
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163 <code>cpio</code>:
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164 </p>
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165 <pre>
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166 # cd /mnt/target
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167 # lzma d rootfs.gz -so | cpio -id
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168 # rm rootfs.gz init
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169 </pre>
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170 <p>
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171 That's all, SliTaz is installed. Before rebooting on your new SliTaz GNU/Linux
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172 installation please check that you have a bootloader (GRUB or Lilo) and add
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173 the necessary lines to boot SliTaz.
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174 </p>
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175
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176 <a name="grub"></a>
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177 <h3>GRUB bootloader</h3>
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178 <p>
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179 GRUB is an universal bootloader capable of booting almost any operating system
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180 such as Linux, BSD or Windows. GRUB uses a single configuration file named
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181 <code>menu.lst</code>, if you used the <a href="#installer">SliTaz Installer</a>
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182 and installed GRUB you dont need to manually install GRUB, just reboot.
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183 </p>
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184 <p>
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185 Installation of GRUB onto the mbr, using root directory <code>/mnt/target</code>
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186 (the target mounted partition) and the disk named <code>hda</code>:
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187 </p>
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188 <pre>
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189 # grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/target /dev/hda
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190 </pre>
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191 <p>
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192 You can now create a GRUB configuration file and add the lines which will boot
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193 SliTaz. Menu.lst can be edited with your favorite text editor such as Nano or
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194 Leafpad:
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195 </p>
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196 <pre>
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197 # leafpad /mnt/target/boot/grub/menu.lst
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198 </pre>
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199 <h4>/boot/grub/menu.lst - Example</h4>
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200 <pre class="script">
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201 title SliTaz GNU/Linux 1.0 (Kernel 2.6.24.2-slitaz)
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202 root(hd0,0)
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203 kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24.2-slitaz root=/dev/hda1 vga=normal
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204 </pre>
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205 <p>
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206 Verify again that everything is in place before rebooting:
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207 </p>
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208 <pre>
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209 # reboot
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