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9 <meta name="modified" content="2008-02-25 13:20:00" />
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21 <a href="packages.html">Packages</a> |
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22 <a href="index.html">Table of contents</a>
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23 </div>
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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">LiveCD usage and options</font></h2>
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32
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33 <ul>
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34 <li><a href="#boot">Boot from a cdrom.</a></li>
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35 <li><a href="#home">Option : home=usb</a> - Use USB media as /home
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36 partition.</li>
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37 <li><a href="#home">Options : lang=XX and kmap=XX</a> - Specify language
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38 and keyboard.</li>
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39 <li><a href="#config">Option : config=<device>,<path></a> -
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40 Execute a script at boot time.</li>
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41 <li><a href="#modprobe">Option : modprobe=modules</a> - Load needed Kernel
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42 modules.</li>
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43 <li><a href="#laptop">Option : laptop</a> - Load ac and battery modules.</li>
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44 </ul>
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45
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46 <a name="boot"></a>
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47 <h3>Boot from a cdrom</h3>
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48 <p>
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49 To boot SliTaz from a cdrom, just burn the ISO image onto a blank disc, then
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50 reboot your computer with the disc in your cdrom drive. The first splash image
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51 is powered by isolinux bootloader, you can then just press <code>ENTER</code>
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52 with or without any options to start system initialisation. Note that pressing
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53 <code>F1</code> will display help and information. SliTaz runs all
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54 in memory and will not damage the host installed system. When the boot
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55 process is finished, you can login without any password as user
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56 <code>hacker</code>. To become root administrator, you can use the command
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57 <code>su</code> with the password <code>root</code> in a XTerm window or
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58 the Linux console.
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59 </p>
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60 <p>
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61 The desktop is powered by JWM (Joe's Window Manager), you can get the menu by
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62 clicking on the screen with one of the mouse buttons. Applications are
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63 classified by category and are available in English. Menu, theme and wallpaper
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64 can all be changed to your needs/preferences by editing one single file,
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65 personal settings and data can be stored on USB media (Flash key, SD card, etc).
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66 </p>
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67
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68 <a name="home"></a>
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69 <h3>Option : home=usb</h3>
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70 <p>
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71 To store your data permanently (bookmarks, downloads, Firefox Add-ons, etc),
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72 you need USB media with a partition formatted in <code>ext3</code> and it must
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73 specify <code>home=usb</code> for <code>sda1</code> (most cases) or
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74 <code>home=devname</code> at boot time. Note that you can also specify the
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75 device using the partition UUID or label by using <code>home=*</code>. Example:
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76 </p>
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77 <pre>
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78 slitaz home=sda1
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79 </pre>
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80 <h4>Prepare USB media</h4>
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81 <p>
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82 All USB media can formatted in the native Linux <code>ext3</code> filesystem.
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83 Ext3 is a journalized, stable filesystem, it allows you to keep permissions
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84 on all files and is much more secure than the default Windows FAT32 filesystem.
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85 To format USB media you have a few options: the command line with
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86 <code>mkfs.ext3</code>, the <code>tazusb</code> utility or graphically with Gparted.
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87 To get a full list of available partitions including the USB drive you can use the command
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88 <code>fdisk -l</code> and then format. Example:
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89 </p>
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90 <pre>
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91 # fdisk -l
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92 # tazusb format /dev/sda1
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93 </pre>
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94
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95 <a name="i18n"></a>
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96 <h3>Options : lang=XX and kmap=XX</h3>
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97 <p>
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98 When you use the LiveCD you have two options to directly configure the system
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99 language and keyboard mapping, these options can be set by simply navigating to
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100 your country code and reloading the bootloader configuration with <code>ENTER</code>.
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101 To skip the language and keyboard configuration you can simply type options on the command
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102 line, for English/UK:
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103 </p>
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104 <pre>
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105 slitaz lang=en kmap=en
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106 </pre>
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107
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108 <a name="config"></a>
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109 <h3>Option : config=<device>,<path></h3>
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110 <p>
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111 The <code>config=</code> option lets you execute a script at SliTaz boot time,
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112 the script can be located on external media or a HD partition. For example, the
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113 script can mount an ISO image on <code>/usr</code> to save memory and boot the
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114 LiveCD on computers with only 32 Mb of RAM. An example with a script named
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115 <code>slitaz.sh</code> located on the first disk and partition:
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116 </p>
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117 <pre>
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118 slitaz config=/dev/hda1,slitaz.sh
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119 </pre>
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120
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121 <a name="modprobe"></a>
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122 <h3>Option : modprobe=modules</h3>
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123 <p>
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124 To load Kernel modules at boot time use the following example:
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125 </p>
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126 <pre>
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127 slitaz modprobe=module1,module2
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128 </pre>
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129
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130 <a name="laptop"></a>
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131 <h3>Option : laptop</h3>
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132 <p>
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133 The option <code>laptop</code> will automatically load ac and battery Kernel
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134 modules, useful for laptop computers:
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135 </p>
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136 <pre>
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137 slitaz laptop
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148 <a href="index.html">Table of contents</a>
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152 Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/en/">SliTaz</a> -
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153 <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a>;<br />
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154 Documentation is under
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