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oui

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Registered: 2012-09-05

Posts: 298

install release 4 step by step from initrd4.gz, initrd3.gz etc.

How to install first initrd4.gz, start it

continue with the initrd3.gz installation and start again (or erase the first installation and rebuild it completely new with both initrd4.gz, initrd3.gz, etc., after that with initrd2.gz, etc., step by step?

mojo

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Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 2,174

Re: install release 4 step by step from initrd4.gz, initrd3.gz etc.

Boot into the slitaz live cd.

Mount slitaz live cd to /media/cdrom

[c]# mount /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom[/c]

Mount install target partition to /mnt/target

[c]#mount /dev/? /mnt/target[/c]

[c]# mkdir /mnt/target/boot[/c]

Copy the kernel

[c]# cp -a /media/cdrom/boot/vmlinuz-* /mnt/target/boot[/c]

Copy the rootfs{4 3 2 1}.gz into the install partiton.

[c]# cp /media/cdrom/boot/rootfs*.gz /mnt/target[/c]

Change into the directory with the rootfs*.gz

[c]# cd /mnt/target[/c]

Combine the 4 rootfs.gz into 1 rootfs.gz

[c]# cat $(ls -r rootfs*.gz) > rootfs.gz[/c]

Extract the file tree from rootfs.gz

[c]# lzma d rootfs.gz -so | cpio -id[/c]

Configure the bootloader.

oui

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Registered: 2012-09-05

Posts: 298

Re: install release 4 step by step from initrd4.gz, initrd3.gz etc.

Hi Mojo

Thank you for your answer, but it was not really my question:

I will only install rootfs4.gz and rootfs3.gz to have slitaz-no-graphic ;-)

And after that, if I think it is good but not enough, perhaps, but only perhaps rootfs4.gz, gzrootfs3.gz and rootfs2.gz (JustX). But I don't will install rootfs1.gz hat all.

Good...

If I only install rootfs4.gz, SliTaz starts and

# tazpkg list

informs me: 43 packages and her list...

If I install rootfs.4 and rootfs.3, no changes but the size of the common rootfs.gz is terribly bigger! Where are the other packages? Is suppose also installed, but totally inactive?

How to activate them?

And see them in the list

# tazpkg list

?

That was my question.

Or,

I will try to actualize SliTaz 4.0 as Russian Doll system for me and continue to use that system as it was as I did read that 5.0 will not continue it...

Ceel

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Registered: 2011-04-02

Posts: 1,424

Re: install release 4 step by step from initrd4.gz, initrd3.gz etc.

@oui,

Install rootfs4.gz:

# lzma d rootfs4.gz -so | cpio -id
Then install rootfs3.gz:

# lzma d rootfs3.gz -so | cpio -idu
If you want to add rootfs2.gz:

# lzma d rootfs2.gz -so | cpio -idu
see french documentation: http://doc.slitaz.org/fr:handbook:installation#installation-a-la-main, section: Installation du système, Copie du système de fichiers compressés