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Genesis
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Hello everybody!
Tazinst manual is outdated. The "TGT-..." entry-style have changed.
I'm trying to learn the complete process on how to install Slitaz using only the terminal (partitioning, formatting, installation). If I have success, I will post here my solution.
Have a nice day!
PS: sorry for my bad English...
mojo
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@Genesis
I'm trying to learn the complete process on how to install Slitaz using only the terminal (partitioning, formatting, installation).
Instructions here:
http://doc.slitaz.org/en:handbook:installation
Manual ('By Hand') Installation
Genesis
offlineMember
Hi!
Want to install SliTaz using only Tazinst at terminal? It's a piece of cake! :-)
Follow these steps:
1. Login as root:
$ su
<your password; default is "root">
2. Open parted to create a partition table and some partitions onto your drive:
I used parted instead of Gparted in order to use just the terminal, without graphical interfaces.
# parted
3. Select the correct device. Please, be careful: if you select the wrong device, data would be lost! In my case, it is /dev/sda:
(parted) select /dev/sda
4. Set the unit that parted will use to display data at screen:
(parted) unit MiB
5. Create a new partition table. It could be "msdos" (MBR) or "gpt":
(parted) mktable msdos
6. Create the data partitions you want. In my case, I used a 1GB hard drive at Virtualbox with a root partition of 800 MB and a swap partition at the end of HD. The first partition should begin at 0% (do not write 0MiB, it won't let enough space to MBR if you do this).
(parted) mkpart primary ext4 0% 800MiB
This create a ext4 primary partition, starting at the begining of disk and ending at 800MiB. Note that you should write "MiB", not "MB".
7. Create the swap partition, if you need it. In this example, it starts at 800MiB and ends at the end of the HD:
(parted) mktable primary linux-swap 800MiB 100%
8. Print information of the partitions you created (optional):
(parted) print
9. If everything seems OK, quit parted.
(parted) quit
10. If you want, use fdisk to check the partitions you have created:
# fdisk -l
11. If you created a swap partition, format it. In this case, swap partition is /dev/sda2:
# mkswap /dev/sda2
12. Create a new configuration file for Tazinst:
# tazinst new installation_file.conf
13. Edit the config file using your preferred editor. In my case, leafpad:
# leafpad installation_file.conf &
14. Fill the parameters at the config file. The parameters below create a fresh install, using the file at SliTaz LiveCD, install SliTaz at /dev/sda1, with ext4 systemfile, no separated /home partition, configure your root password and user's username and password, and install GRUB as default bootloader:
MODE="install"
MEDIA="cdrom"
SOURCE=""
ROOT_UUID="/dev/sda1"
ROOT_FORMAT="ext4"
HOME_UUID=""
HOME_FORMAT=""
HOSTNAME="slitaz"
ROOT_PWD="<your password>"
USER_LOGIN="<your username>"
USER_PWD="<your passowrd>"
BOOTLOADER="grub"
WINBOOT=""Save and close the file.
15. Finally, install SliTaz:
# tazinst execute installation_file.conf
Done!
Reboot and have a nice day with your brand new SliTaz! :-)
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