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13 <h1>TazUSB Manual</h1>
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19 <h2>NAME</h2>
20 <p>
21 TazUSB - SliTaz LiveUSB utility
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23
24 <h2>SYNTAX</h2>
25 <pre>
26 tazusb [command] [compression|device|file]
27 </pre>
28
29 <h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
30 <p>
31 TazUSB is a utility designed for installing SliTaz to a USB drive. Unlike a
32 hard drive install, the filesystem is kept in a compressed "rootfs.gz" file.
33 The filesystem is loaded entirely into memory upon boot. This should
34 increase responsiveness, protect the filesystem against accidental
35 corruption and reduce read/writes to the USB drive. Once setup, this utility
36 can also rewrite the root filesystem with any changes you have made since
37 booting up, giving the effective benefits of a hard drive install.
38 </p>
39 <p>
40 TazUSB supports FAT32/EXT3/EXT2 formatted drives using SYSLINUX and EXTLINUX
41 respectively. "/home" is mounted on boot using the UUID of your particular
42 flash drive. Unlike a device name, the UUID has the benefit of never
43 changing from machine to machine.
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45
46 <h2>COMMANDS</h2>
47 <a name="usage"></a>
48 <h3>usage</h3>
49 <p>
50 The command 'usage' will display a short summary of all available commands.
51 </p>
52 <pre>
53 # tazusb usage
54 </pre>
55
56 <a name="writefs"></a>
57 <h3>writefs</h3>
58 <p>
59 The command 'writefs' will take the current memory resident filesystem and
60 create a "rootfs.gz" file. If your flash drive is mounted as /home (as it
61 should be), the new filesystem will be copied to the drive for you,
62 otherwise it is left on the root of the drive. Your previous filesystem
63 will be renamed to "previous.gz" and can be accessed on bootup by typing
64 "previous" at the "boot:" prompt. All previous filesystems are renamed to
65 rootfs.gz.unixtimestamp. These are not removed automatically, so you should
66 periodically delete these to keep disk usage down.
67 </p>
68 <p>
69 Filesystem compression is supported in the form of lzma, gzip or none.
70 Using no compression is very quick (under 5 seconds) and useful if you are
71 experimenting with a lot of changes. By comparison, using lzma or gzip takes
72 a few minutes but will dramatically reduce file size. This is recommended
73 when committing permanent changes to the filesystem.
74 </p>
75 <pre>
76 # tazusb writefs compression
77 </pre>
78 <p>Example:</p>
79 <pre>
80 # tazusb writefs lzma
81 </pre>
82
83 <a name="format"></a>
84 <h3>format</h3>
85 <p>
86 The command 'format' is used for formatting a device for use as a LiveUSB
87 device. Currently, it supports formatting as EXT2, EXT3 and FAT32.
88 </p>
89 <pre>
90 # tazusb format /dev/name
91 </pre>
92 <p>Example:</p>
93 <pre>
94 # tazusb format /dev/sda1
95 </pre>
96
97 <a name="gen-liveusb"></a>
98 <h3>gen-liveusb</h3>
99 <p>
100 "gen-liveusb" will install a fresh MBR, set your partition as bootable and
101 install syslinux/extlinux depending on the detected filesystem. It will then
102 copy the kernel and filesystem from the CDROM drive, and place this on the
103 target USB drive. This will leave you with a bootable USB copy of SliTaz.
104 </p>
105 <pre>
106 # tazusb gen-liveusb /dev/name
107 </pre>
108 <p>Example:</p>
109 <pre>
110 # tazusb gen-liveusb /dev/sda1
111 </pre>
112
113 <a name="gen-swap"></a>
114 <h3>gen-swap</h3>
115 <p>
116 The 'gen-swap' command re/creates a virtual swap file and places
117 it in the /home directory to be activated on each boot. This is useful
118 for old systems with low memory.
119 </p>
120 <pre>
121 # tazusb gen-swap
122 </pre>
123
124 <a name="gen-iso2usb"></a>
125 <h3>gen-iso2usb</h3>
126 <p>
127 This command performs the same task as gen-liveusb, only copying the Kernel
128 and filesystem from a downloaded ISO image instead of the CDROM drive.
129 </p>
130 <pre>
131 # tazusb gen-iso2usb /path/to/iso
132 </pre>
133 <p>Example:</p>
134 <pre>
135 # tazusb gen-iso2usb /home/tux/slitaz.iso
136 </pre>
137
138 <a name="clean"></a>
139 <h3>clean</h3>
140 <p>
141 "clean" removes old rootfs.gz.unixtimestamp filesystems (see writefs)
142 to keep disk usage down.
143 </p>
144 <pre>
145 # tazusb clean
146 </pre>
147
148 <h2>MAINTAINER</h2>
149 <p>
150 Eric Joseph-Alexandre &lt;erjo at slitaz.org&gt;
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