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     1.4 +====== LiveUSB media ======
     1.5 +===== Tazusb - Live USB Tool =====
     1.6 +
     1.7 +Tazusb is a tool that can create bootable usb media with a few simple commands. It can also compress and backup the entire current filesystem to the media, thus preserving all modifications for future use. Type //tazusb usage// for a full list of commands or read the [[http://hg.slitaz.org/tazusb/raw-file/tip/doc/tazusb.en.html|TazUSB manual]].
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     1.9 +=== Generate your own LiveUSB media ===
    1.10 +
    1.11 +To generate your own LiveUSB media, first you need to login as //root// with //su// and locate your usb storage device using the command:
    1.12 +
    1.13 +<code># fdisk -l     # normally /dev/sdb1 </code>
    1.14 +
    1.15 +Then format and label your device (Warning: this will erase all data, make sure you specify the right device):
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    1.17 +<code> # tazusb format /dev/sdb1 </code> 
    1.18 +
    1.19 +And finally generate your LiveUSB media device:
    1.20 +
    1.21 +<code> # tazusb gen-liveusb /dev/sdb1 </code>
    1.22 +
    1.23 +And that's all you need to do, you can now boot SliTaz from usb media (providing your computer bios supports this method).
    1.24 +
    1.25 +=== Maintaining system settings ===
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    1.27 +When you finish your LiveUSB session, make sure you maintain your installed packages, system settings, etc, by backing up the entire current filesystem with one the following commands:
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    1.29 +    * fast compression, average filesize: <code> # tazusb writefs gzip </code>
    1.30 +    * slow compression, smaller filesize: <code> # tazusb writefs lzma </code>
    1.31 +    * no compression, larger filesize: <code> # tazusb writefs none </code>
    1.32 +
    1.33 +Each of these writes everything to a '//rootfs.gz//' archive to be loaded the next time you boot.
    1.34 +
    1.35 +If anything should go wrong when writing your filesystem, you can simply rollback to your previous filesystem by typing '//previous//' at the '//boot://' prompt. Older backups are named '//rootfs.gz.unixtimestamp//' and can be safely deleted from the ///home// folder to save disk space using //tazusb clean//.
    1.36 +
    1.37 +=== Tazusb Manual ===
    1.38 +
    1.39 +The official Tazusb manual can be found in the SliTaz [[http://hg.slitaz.org/tazusb/raw-file/tip/doc/tazusb.en.html|Web site documentation]]; this contains a lot more useful information. The manual is also available through the documentation menu on the LiveCD.
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