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pankso@16 24 <h1><font color="#3E1220">SliTaz Handbook (en)</font></h1>
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pankso@16 31 <h2><font color="#DF8F06">HD Installation</font></h2>
pankso@16 32
pankso@16 33 <ul>
pankso@16 34 <li><a href="#intro">Introduction.</a></li>
pankso@16 35 <li><a href="#installer">SliTaz Installer.</a></li>
pankso@16 36 <li><a href="#byhand">Installation by hand.</a></li>
pankso@16 37 <li><a href="#grub">GRUB bootloader.</a></li>
pankso@16 38 </ul>
pankso@16 39
pankso@16 40 <a name="intro"></a>
pankso@16 41 <h3>Introduction</h3>
pankso@16 42 <p>
pankso@17 43 This document gives information and necessary instructions on how to
pankso@17 44 install SliTaz on a hard disk. This should take about 10 minutes, SliTaz core
pankso@17 45 LiveCD expands to 80 Mb, so we suggest a minimum of 120 Mb of free space.
pankso@17 46 That way you will be able to install a few more packages. If you can
pankso@16 47 <a href="livecd.html">use the LiveCD</a>, you should be able to install SliTaz.
pankso@16 48 </p>
pankso@16 49
pankso@16 50 <a name="installer"></a>
pankso@16 51 <h3>SliTaz Installer</h3>
pankso@16 52 <p>
pankso@17 53 SliTaz provides a simple to use Installer which can be launched from the
pankso@17 54 "System Tools" menu. SliTaz 1.0 Installer messages are only available in French
pankso@17 55 and can be considered as an errata, but English speakers should be able to
pankso@17 56 manage to use it with these complimentary instructions.
pankso@16 57 </p>
pankso@16 58 <h4>Install type</h4>
pankso@16 59 <p>
pankso@17 60 The first step lets you choose the type of installation: new install or system
paul@18 61 upgrade. In most cases you will want a new and clean installation. On confirming this
pankso@16 62 the installer will mount the master cdrom device and search for the compressed
pankso@17 63 filesystem (<code>rootfs.gz</code>). If any filesystem was found, then installation
pankso@16 64 will abort.
pankso@16 65 </p>
pankso@16 66 <p>
pankso@16 67 If you get into trouble because the compressed filesystem is not found, please
pankso@17 68 check that SliTaz is in the master CD/DVD device. If the problem persists you
pankso@16 69 can use a downloaded ISO image and mount it on <code>/media/cdrom</code> where
pankso@17 70 the HD Installer expects to find it:
pankso@16 71 </p>
pankso@16 72 <pre>
pankso@16 73 # mount -o loop slitaz-1.0.iso /media/cdrom
pankso@16 74 </pre>
pankso@16 75 <h4>Target partition</h4>
pankso@16 76 <p>
pankso@16 77 Second step is the partition configuration. If you have already a free partition
pankso@17 78 you can directly use it, if not you will have to create one graphically with
pankso@16 79 Gparted or from the command line with fdisk. For example if you want to install
pankso@16 80 SliTaz on the first partition of the first disk recognized as <code>hda</code>:
pankso@16 81 </p>
pankso@17 82 <pre class="script">/dev/hda1
pankso@16 83 </pre>
pankso@16 84 <h4>Formating</h4>
pankso@16 85 <p>
pankso@17 86 The next step lets you format the target partition into <code>ext3</code>. Ext3
pankso@16 87 is a robust, stable and journalised filesystem. If the partition is already
paul@35 88 formated you can skip this step, if not just accept. <em>Warning</em> formating a
pankso@16 89 partition will destroy all current data.
pankso@16 90 </p>
pankso@16 91 <h4>Hostname</h4>
pankso@16 92 <p>
pankso@17 93 Hostname configuration lets you set the machine name. The hostname is used
paul@18 94 internally to identify the host on the network. This value can be
pankso@16 95 changed when the system is installed.
pankso@16 96 </p>
pankso@16 97 <h4>Bootloader - GRUB</h4>
pankso@16 98 <p>
pankso@17 99 When the installation process is finished you have the option to install the GRUB
pankso@17 100 bootloader which is capable of booting almost any kind of operating system. If
pankso@16 101 you want to use an existing GRUB installation, skip this step and add the
pankso@16 102 correct lines to your GRUB configuration file (<code>menu.lst</code>). Note
pankso@17 103 that the SliTaz Installer creates a configuration file on the target which can be
pankso@17 104 used as an example (/mnt/target/boot/grub/menu.lst).
pankso@16 105 </p>
pankso@16 106 <h4>End of installation</h4>
pankso@16 107 <p>
pankso@17 108 When the Installer has finally done it's job you have the option to exit or
pankso@17 109 directly reboot your new SliTaz GNU/Linux operating system. First boot is like
pankso@17 110 the LiveCD, you will be prompted for locale, keyboard, sound card and screen
pankso@17 111 selection. Future reboots will not prompt you anymore for configuration details,
pankso@17 112 but all the values can be changed either manually or with the project tools
pankso@17 113 such as <code>tazlocale</code> or <code>tazx</code>.
pankso@16 114 </p>
pankso@16 115
pankso@16 116 <a name="byhand"></a>
pankso@16 117 <h3>Installation by hand</h3>
pankso@16 118 <p>
pankso@16 119 SliTaz can also be installed by hand from the command line. To install SliTaz
paul@18 120 by hand you can use a cdrom or an ISO image. The following commands can be
pankso@17 121 copied/pasted from Firefox to Xterm.
pankso@16 122 </p>
pankso@16 123 <p>
pankso@16 124 The first thing you have to do is prepare a target partition and mount it.
pankso@16 125 Example using partition <code>/dev/hda1</code>:
pankso@16 126 </p>
pankso@16 127 <pre>
pankso@16 128 # mkdir /mnt/target
pankso@16 129 # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/target
pankso@16 130 </pre>
pankso@16 131 <h4>Mount cdrom or ISO image</h4>
pankso@16 132 <p>
pankso@16 133 Now you have to mount the cdrom:
pankso@16 134 </p>
pankso@16 135 <pre>
pankso@16 136 # mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
pankso@16 137 </pre>
pankso@16 138 <p>
pankso@17 139 Or an ISO image:
pankso@16 140 </p>
pankso@16 141 <pre>
pankso@16 142 # mount -o loop slitaz-1.0.iso /media/cdrom
pankso@16 143 </pre>
pankso@16 144 <h4>Install and extract</h4>
pankso@16 145 <p>
pankso@17 146 The goal now is to copy needed files from the media into the target partition
pankso@17 147 and then extract the compressed filesystem (<code>rootfs.gz</code>). Create a
pankso@16 148 boot directory and install the Linux Kernel:
pankso@16 149 </p>
pankso@16 150 <pre>
pankso@16 151 # mkdir /mnt/target/boot
pankso@16 152 # cp -a /media/cdrom/boot/vmlinuz-* /mnt/target/boot
pankso@16 153 </pre>
pankso@16 154 <p>
pankso@16 155 Copy the rootfs:
pankso@16 156 </p>
pankso@16 157 <pre>
pankso@16 158 # cp /media/cdrom/boot/rootfs.gz /mnt/target
pankso@16 159 </pre>
pankso@16 160 <p>
pankso@16 161 Now the necessary files are present so you can change directory (<code>cd</code>)
pankso@17 162 to the target and uncompress the filesystem with <code>lzma</code> and
pankso@16 163 <code>cpio</code>:
pankso@16 164 </p>
pankso@16 165 <pre>
pankso@16 166 # cd /mnt/target
pankso@16 167 # lzma d rootfs.gz -so | cpio -id
pankso@16 168 # rm rootfs.gz init
pankso@16 169 </pre>
pankso@16 170 <p>
pankso@17 171 That's all, SliTaz is installed. Before rebooting on your new SliTaz GNU/Linux
pankso@16 172 installation please check that you have a bootloader (GRUB or Lilo) and add
pankso@16 173 the necessary lines to boot SliTaz.
pankso@16 174 </p>
pankso@16 175
pankso@16 176 <a name="grub"></a>
pankso@16 177 <h3>GRUB bootloader</h3>
pankso@16 178 <p>
pankso@17 179 GRUB is an universal bootloader capable of booting almost any operating system
pankso@17 180 such as Linux, BSD or Windows. GRUB uses a single configuration file named
pankso@17 181 <code>menu.lst</code>, if you used the <a href="#installer">SliTaz Installer</a>
pankso@17 182 and installed GRUB you dont need to manually install GRUB, just reboot.
pankso@16 183 </p>
pankso@16 184 <p>
pankso@17 185 Installation of GRUB onto the mbr, using root directory <code>/mnt/target</code>
pankso@17 186 (the target mounted partition) and the disk named <code>hda</code>:
pankso@16 187 </p>
pankso@16 188 <pre>
pankso@16 189 # grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/target /dev/hda
pankso@16 190 </pre>
pankso@16 191 <p>
pankso@17 192 You can now create a GRUB configuration file and add the lines which will boot
pankso@16 193 SliTaz. Menu.lst can be edited with your favorite text editor such as Nano or
pankso@16 194 Leafpad:
pankso@16 195 </p>
pankso@16 196 <pre>
pankso@16 197 # leafpad /mnt/target/boot/grub/menu.lst
pankso@16 198 </pre>
pankso@16 199 <h4>/boot/grub/menu.lst - Example</h4>
pankso@16 200 <pre class="script">
pankso@16 201 title SliTaz GNU/Linux 1.0 (Kernel 2.6.24.2-slitaz)
pankso@16 202 root(hd0,0)
pankso@16 203 kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24.2-slitaz root=/dev/hda1 vga=normal
pankso@16 204 </pre>
pankso@16 205 <p>
pankso@16 206 Verify again that everything is in place before rebooting:
pankso@16 207 </p>
pankso@16 208 <pre>
pankso@16 209 # reboot
pankso@16 210 </pre>
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