Sorry again.
I was able to reproduce the kernel panic now with the slitaz-4.0.iso
I'm trying on Alpine Linux to get Slitaz installed on HD with a normal root-dir structure.
Slitaz 1.0 or 2.0 was my first Linux entrance.
I loved it's lightweightness.
"Not running in ram" has the lowest ram requirements.
So a root file system seems a perfect choice for running Slitaz.
Everything went fine untill Slitaz 4.0.
The above, in this topic, described method worked to some extend.
But it didn't work right for the final rootfs.gz doesn't contain
all the files from rootfs1+2+3+4.gz.
Trying things again via Midnight Commander in Alpine Linux:
mv rootfs1.gz rootfs1.xz --> for .gz doesn't seem to be a valid extention for unlzma.
mv rootfs2.gz rootfs2.xz
mv rootfs3.gz rootfs3.xz
mv rootfs4.gz rootfs4.xz
unlzma -dkv rootfs1.xz
unlzma -dkv rootfs2.xz
unlzma -dkv rootfs3.xz
unlzma -dkv rootfs4.xz
mv roofs1 rootfs1.cpio
mv roofs2 rootfs2.cpio
mv roofs3 rootfs3.cpio
mv roofs4 rootfs4.cpio
MC is able to open the cpio archives and copy it's content to the blanco root of the harddrive as user: root.
Starting with rootfs4.cpio down to rootfs1.cpio overwriting everything it comes across.
I think this is the right way ? Or isn't it ???
If I install extlinux and copy the appropriate files from the iso to the boot dir with the following slitaz.cfg:
display isolinux.msg
label slitaz
KERNEL /boot/bzImage
APPEND rw root=/dev/hda7 lang=C kmap=us vga=791 autologin
include common.cfg
Booting is fine but during loading I get a KERNEL PANIC for Slitaz can't find the root-file system.
Changing to root=UUID=code brings no difference.
I tried the rootfs.gz file from/and the slitaz-4.0-xorg-light.iso too. This one boots and loads fine but it starts with some proxy-stuff I don't want (and understand) and after a 'startx' I don't come further than "no screens found". A right xorg.conf didn't bring any difference.
Tazx needs a internet connection and I need to install a wireless connection for that. And the wireless manuals I found don't seem clear or are incomplete for installing without internet. Copying tazpkg packages packages in /var/cache/tazpkg didn't work. A local repo neither etc. So I installed xorg-server-Xfbdev with all dependencies manualy. If I want to deinstall it tazpkg says xorg-server-Xfbdev is not installed. If I want to install it again tazpkg says zorg-server-Xfbdev is already installed. A miracle ?
I am really getting a headache after more than a whole day of trying things out and not comming 1 single step further !
Sorry but I never had this experience before with Slitaz !
Is there someone to tell me what I do wrong ?
Or can Slitaz 4.0 "only run in ram" now, or what ??
