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• Started 13 years ago by Roche
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   Roche
   

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   Hello, i would like to install Slitaz on my quite old eeepc701. Unfortunatley I don't have external USB CD/DVD reader to proceed from the classical LiveCD procedure. I tried to install, with the Slitaz installer or with the mlpanual procedure, Slitaz from a liveusb created with Unetbootin but, even if Slitaz start well from the liveusb, I have important issues that seem related with the mounting point of my source of files (which is /media/cdrom by default). Strange enough, once Slitaz live has started I cannot mount the media from which it started. Is it because it is a fat32 media ? Is this why I canno't run any hard install ? Thank for your help (note I could not find any procedures of install from a liveusb anywhere)

   Posted 13 years ago #
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   mojo
   

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   Format the target partition you install slitaz on with linux ext3 filesystem.
   Don't use NTFS/FAT32/FAT16 microsoft filesystems.
   You will get failed logins and other file permission problems.
   Are you attempting a frugal or full install ?
   You should have a copy of the slitaz iso on the unebootin slitaz key.
   As root:
   mount -o loop /path/to/slitaz.iso /media/cdrom
   Terminal will output some errors.
   For example loop mounting slitaz iso over my lan network:
   root@slitaz:~# mount -o loop /home/tux/Music/home/tux/slitaz-core.12.07.2011.iso
   /media/cdrom
   mount error: improperly formatted UNC name. /dev/loop0 does not begin with \\ or //
   No ip address specified and hostname not found

   Check anyway,slitaz iso is mounted:
   root@slitaz:~# ls /media/cdrom
   boot index.html md5sum README style.css
   root@slitaz:~# ls /media/cdrom/boot/
   bzImage grub rootfs.gz
   gpxe isolinux vmlinuz-2.6.37-slitaz

   If install fails you may need to borrow a computer with a cdrom drive,burn slitaz to cd,boot slitaz live cd and use tazusb to install slitaz to ext3 formated usb key.
   Use that instead of unetbootin/slitaz on fat32 to install to eeepc701.

   Posted 13 years ago #
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   Roche
   

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   Thanks a lot for your reply, I am gonna try this and will let you know!

   Posted 13 years ago #
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   Maxx
   

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   When you on the file manager of the SliTaz LiveCD, just click on the CDRom, or just mount the usb disk on to /media/cdrom, and then run installation procedure.

   Posted 13 years ago #
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   pankso
   

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   Guys, with current cooking slitaz-installer with take automatically files from USB and if using a rolling the new tazinst let you choose between, iso, cdrom, usb or the web :-)

   - Christophe

   Posted 13 years ago #
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   Roche
   

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   Thanks a lot, it works !
   In fact, it is silly I was confusing between the need for a *.iso file and the files already extracted to a liveusb (what I did first).
   Except this misunderstood, install works properly, even not fully out-of-the-box (no function keys, and the slider of touchpad does not works - too bad).
   Slitaz is a nice distro and gives a second live to my eeepc701 !
   I plan to install python packages (specially matplotlib, scipy, numpy, etc.) on it.

   Posted 13 years ago #

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