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namT

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Registered: 2011-10-25

Posts: 27

frugal install in grub4dos

Hello, having become bored, I have ventured from Puppy Linux and tried out various Distros. Although Puppy suits my needs well, I must say that the new Slitaz 4.0 RC3 looks very nice. I made a post several months back regarding a frugal setup for grub4dos:

http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/is-there-a-save-option-for-a-frugal-install

However, it appears that the file-structure has changed. Instead of just a rootfs.gz file, there are now 4 files of a similiar name. Would anyone be kind enough to explain to me what the difference between these files are?

I wish to copy all of the contents of the usb install over to my hard-drive but I am using grub4dos as the boot-loader, since I am booting multiple Operating Systems with it, namely:

Windows (rarely used)

Ubuntu Studio

Debian

Vector Linux (will be replaced by Arch)

Puppy Linux

Stlitaz

Congrats to Pankso and the crew on a very nice version 4.0!

namT

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Registered: 2011-10-25

Posts: 27

Re: frugal install in grub4dos

I still am not sure what are the differences between rootfs1.gz to rootfs4.gz, but I solved my problem by saving my session to usb and copying the resulting rootfs.gz file to my hard-drive. But it caused a new problem that I will post in a new thread.

mojo

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Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 2,174

Re: frugal install in grub4dos

SliTaz 4.0 RC3 is a 4-in-1 iso

To make a core rootfs.gz for frugal install combine the 4 numbered rootfs.gz into one rootfs.gz

Copy the four rootfs.gz from /boot folder of loop mounted iso or mounted livecd into the same folder.

Change to the same folder in terminal:

cat $(ls -r rootfs*.gz) > rootfs.gz

Somewhat Reticent

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Registered: 2012-03-05

Posts: 35

Re: frugal install in grub4dos

If-I-Recall, the 4-(flavors)-in-1 ISO boots Full, Low-RAM, X11(NoWM), and Text-Only flavors of SliTAZ, and is great for diagnosis.  A GrUB4dOS menu.lst for it shows how each rootfs (counting down) adds a layer of functionality - rootfs1.gz adds the Full layer.

namT

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Registered: 2011-10-25

Posts: 27

Re: frugal install in grub4dos

Thank you, mojo and Somewhat Reticent for the info. I understand now that it uses one of the files for a base setup and layers comninations of the other rootfs files for different setups; a simple yet ingenius idea.

mojo, thanks for the code. I had no idea that "cat" could merge .gz files..that's awesome.