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| author | Paul Issott <paul@slitaz.org> |
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26 <h1><font color="#3e1220">Tazlito Manual</font></h1>
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32 <h2>NAME</h2>
33 <p>
34 Tazlito - SliTaz Live Tool.
35 </p>
37 <h2>SYNTAX</h2>
38 <pre>
39 tazlito [command] [list|iso|flavor] [dir]
40 </pre>
42 <h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
43 <p>
44 Tazlito is a small utility to extract a LiveCD, rebuild the
45 ISO image and regenerate the root filesystem of the LiveCD.
46 Tazlito can also generate a distribution from a list of packages
47 previously downloaded. To run Tazlito uses a configuration file
48 /etc/slitaz-tools/tazlito.conf or a tazlito.conf found in the
49 current directory, this can be easily generated
50 by Tazlito, it specifies the name of the ISO, volume, maintainer and
51 the paths of the packages to distribute and the generated ISO.
52 Tazlito can also set up a directory containing additional files,
53 which will be copied into the LiveCD when generating the distribution.
54 </p>
55 <p>
56 Tazlito is distributed under the free GNU licence GPL V3,
57 Installed by default of SliTaz and installed/sucessfully tested
58 on Debian GNU/Linux. You will find additional information
59 about creating a LiveCD in the Handbook.
60 </p>
62 <h2>COMMANDS</h2>
63 <h3><font color="#6c0023">usage</font></h3>
64 <p>
65 The 'usage' command displays a list of available commands
66 with a short description:
67 </p>
68 <pre>
69 # tazlito usage
70 </pre>
71 <h3><font color="#6c0023">stats</font></h3>
72 <p>
73 Stats displays the configuration variables, the paths to the
74 various files and directories and information on the ISO image:
75 </p>
76 <pre>
77 # tazlito stats
78 </pre>
79 <h3><font color="#6c0023">gen-config</font></h3>
80 <p>
81 The 'gen-config' command allows you to generate a configuration
82 file ready to be edited. By default the file is created in
83 the current directory and can also be in another directory
84 if specified:
85 </p>
86 <pre>
87 # tazlito gen-config
88 # tazlito gen-config /path/to/distro
89 </pre>
90 <h3><font color="#6c0023">configure</font></h3>
91 <p>
92 This command can configure the system configuration
93 file or one found in the current directory:
94 </p>
95 <pre>
96 # tazlito configure
97 </pre>
98 <h3><font color="#6c0023">gen-iso</font></h3>
99 <p>
100 The 'gen-iso' command can generate a
101 new LiveCD image following modifications and additions to the
102 root filesystem of the cdrom. To function this command needs
103 a directory containing the distro-tree of the Live system,
104 this tree can easily be built with the 'extract-distro' command,
105 modified and rebuilt via:
106 </p>
107 <pre>
108 # tazlito gen-iso
109 </pre>
110 <h3><font color="#6c0023">gen-initiso</font></h3>
111 <p>
112 The 'gen'initso' command will do the same work as 'gen-iso',
113 but rebuilds the initramfs compressed system prior.
114 The initramfs contains the root filesystem and
115 must be rebuilt if modified:
116 </p>
117 <pre>
118 # tazlito gen-initiso
119 </pre>
120 <h3><font color="#6c0023">list-flavors</font></h3>
121 <p>
122 The 'list-flavors' command downloads (if necessary) and displays
123 the list of the different flavors available. You can force the
124 download with the -recharge option:
125 </p>
126 <pre>
127 # tazlito list-flavors
128 # tazlito list-flavors --recharge
129 </pre>
130 <h3><font color="#6c0023">get-flavor</font></h3>
131 <p>
132 The 'get-flavor' command downloads (if necessary) and prepares the necesssary
133 files for 'gen-distro' to generate a flavor:
134 </p>
135 <pre>
136 # tazlito get-flavor particular-flavor
137 </pre>
138 <h3><font color="#6c0023">show-flavor</font></h3>
139 <p>
140 The 'show-flavor' command displays the description of the
141 flavor and it's size after regenerating. The options
142 --brief and --noheader reduce the output displayed:
143 </p>
144 <pre>
145 # tazlito show-flavor particular-flavor
146 # tazlito show-flavor particular-flavor --brief
147 # tazlito show-flavor particular-flavor --brief --noheader
148 </pre>
149 <h3><font color="#6c0023">gen-flavor</font></h3>
150 <p>
151 The 'gen-flavor' command creates a description file of a new
152 flavor from the results of generating a distro (gen-distro)
153 The .flavor file can then be sent to slitaz.org:
154 </p>
155 <pre>
156 # tazlito gen-flavor new-flavor
157 </pre>
158 <h3><font color="#6c0023">extract-distro</font></h3>
159 <p>
160 The 'extract-distro' command is used to extract an ISO image
161 from the LiveCD to rebuild the structure (of the root cdrom
162 and system). It is then possible to make the desired changes
163 or additions and rebuild the ISO image via 'gen-iso' and
164 'gen-initiso'. Example of use:
165 </p>
166 <pre>
167 # tazlito extract-distro slitaz-cooking.iso
168 </pre>
169 <h3><font color="#6c0023">gen-distro</font></h3>
170 <p>
171 The <em>Generate Distribution</em> command can generate the
172 distro-tree and an ISO image via a list of packages. To function,
173 this command needs a list of packages, a directory containing
174 all the (.tazpkg) packages on the list and a directory to
175 generate the distribution. The list of packages can be extracted
176 from a flavor by the 'get-flavor' command. If one uses the
177 LiveCD, the options --cdrom and --iso= permit the regeneration
178 of packages that place files in /boot without being obliged
179 to download them and recovers the additional files of the
180 LiveCD. The path to the various directories are configured
181 in the configuration file and packages can be downloaded
182 from the SliTaz mirrors or generated by Tazwok. To generate
183 a distribution:
184 </p>
185 <pre>
186 # tazlito gen-distro
187 # tazlito gen-distro --cdrom
188 # tazlito gen-distro --iso=slitaz.iso
189 # tazlito gen-distro package-list
190 </pre>
191 <h3><font color="#6c0023">clean-distro</font></h3>
192 <p>
193 Remove all files generated or extracts of the structure
194 of the LiveCD:
195 </p>
196 <pre>
197 # tazlito clean-distro
198 </pre>
199 <h3><font color="#6c0023">addhacker</font></h3>
200 <p>
201 The 'addhacker' command allows the addition of the user
202 hacker to the distribution - it helps to have a user account
203 without a password. Note that this command changes permissions
204 on all files in <code>/home/hacker</code>:
205 </p>
206 <pre>
207 # tazlito addhacker
208 </pre>
209 <h3><font color="#6c0023">check-distro</font></h3>
210 <p>
211 This command simply verifies if files installed
212 by the packages are present on the system:
213 </p>
214 <pre>
215 # tazlito check-distro
216 </pre>
217 <h3><font color="#6c0023">burn-iso</font></h3>
218 <p>
219 Burn-iso will estimate the cdrom device, it's speed and wodim
220 (part of cdrkit) will begin to burn an ISO image. The default
221 ISO image is the one in the current configuration file,
222 but it's possible to specify a different image via the
223 command line:
224 </p>
225 <pre>
226 # tazlito burn-iso
227 # tazlito burn-iso slitaz-hacked.iso
228 </pre>
230 <h2>MAINTAINER</h2>
231 <p>
232 Christophe Lincoln <pankso at slitaz.org>
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