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31 <h2><font color="#DF8F06">LiveCD usage and options</font></h2>
33 <ul>
34 <li><a href="#boot">Boot from a cdrom.</a></li>
35 <li><a href="#home">Option : home=usb</a> - Use USB media as /home
36 partition.</li>
37 <li><a href="#home">Options : lang=XX and kmap=XX</a> - Specify language
38 and keyboard.</li>
39 <li><a href="#config">Option : config=<device>,<path></a> -
40 Execute a script at boot time.</li>
41 <li><a href="#modprobe">Option : modprobe=modules</a> - Load needed Kernel
42 modules.</li>
43 <li><a href="#laptop">Option : laptop</a> - Load ac and battery modules.</li>
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46 <a name="boot"></a>
47 <h3>Boot from a cdrom</h3>
48 <p>
49 To boot SliTaz from a cdrom, just burn the ISO image onto a blank disc, then
50 reboot your computer with the disc in your cdrom drive. The first splash image
51 is powered by isolinux bootloader, you can then just press <code>ENTER</code>
52 with or without any options to start system initialisation. Note that pressing
53 <code>F1</code> will display help and information. SliTaz runs all
54 in memory and will not damage the host installed system. When the boot
55 process is finished, you can login without any password as user
56 <code>hacker</code>. To become root administrator, you can use the command
57 <code>su</code> with the password <code>root</code> in a XTerm window or
58 the Linux console.
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61 The desktop is powered by JWM (Joe's Window Manager), you can get the menu by
62 clicking on the screen with one of the mouse buttons. Applications are
63 classified by category and are available in English. Menu, theme and wallpaper
64 can all be changed to your needs/preferences by editing one single file,
65 personal settings and data can be stored on USB media (Flash key, SD card, etc).
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68 <a name="home"></a>
69 <h3>Option : home=usb</h3>
70 <p>
71 To store your data permanently (bookmarks, downloads, Firefox Add-ons, etc),
72 you need USB media with a partition formatted in <code>ext3</code> and it must
73 specify <code>home=usb</code> for <code>sda1</code> (most cases) or
74 <code>home=devname</code> at boot time. Note that you can also specify the
75 device using the partition UUID or label by using <code>home=*</code>. Example:
76 </p>
77 <pre>
78 slitaz home=sda1
79 </pre>
80 <h4>Prepare USB media</h4>
81 <p>
82 All USB media can formatted in the native Linux <code>ext3</code> filesystem.
83 Ext3 is a journalized, stable filesystem, it allows you to keep permissions
84 on all files and is much more secure than the default Windows FAT32 filesystem.
85 To format USB media you have a few options: the command line with
86 <code>mkfs.ext3</code>, the <code>tazusb</code> utility or graphically with Gparted.
87 To get a full list of available partitions including the USB drive you can use the command
88 <code>fdisk -l</code> and then format. Example:
89 </p>
90 <pre>
91 # fdisk -l
92 # tazusb format /dev/sda1
93 </pre>
95 <a name="i18n"></a>
96 <h3>Options : lang=XX and kmap=XX</h3>
97 <p>
98 When you use the LiveCD you have two options to directly configure the system
99 language and keyboard mapping, these options can be set by simply navigating to
100 your country code and reloading the bootloader configuration with <code>ENTER</code>.
101 To skip the language and keyboard configuration you can simply type options on the command
102 line, for English/UK:
103 </p>
104 <pre>
105 slitaz lang=en kmap=en
106 </pre>
108 <a name="config"></a>
109 <h3>Option : config=<device>,<path></h3>
110 <p>
111 The <code>config=</code> option lets you execute a script at SliTaz boot time,
112 the script can be located on external media or a HD partition. For example, the
113 script can mount an ISO image on <code>/usr</code> to save memory and boot the
114 LiveCD on computers with only 32 Mb of RAM. An example with a script named
115 <code>slitaz.sh</code> located on the first disk and partition:
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117 <pre>
118 slitaz config=/dev/hda1,slitaz.sh
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121 <a name="modprobe"></a>
122 <h3>Option : modprobe=modules</h3>
123 <p>
124 To load Kernel modules at boot time use the following example:
125 </p>
126 <pre>
127 slitaz modprobe=module1,module2
128 </pre>
130 <a name="laptop"></a>
131 <h3>Option : laptop</h3>
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133 The option <code>laptop</code> will automatically load ac and battery Kernel
134 modules, useful for laptop computers:
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137 slitaz laptop
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