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Okay here is what you need to do:
1) Run Slitaz 4.0 from a liveCD
2) From the menu, go to "System Tools" -> "Create a LiveUSB" and follow the steps to create a liveUSB
3) from the terminal, cd to your usb device and cd to the "/boot" folder
4) from the terminal, type the following: cat $(ls -r rootfs*.gz) >rootfs.gz
( this will combine rootfs1 to rootfs4 into a single file ... thanks to mojo )
5) copy all of the files from the "/boot" folder of your usb-install into a "/boot" folder in your hard-drive
( you don't acutally need all of the files, but I am trying to make this tutorial easier )
6) Install Grub4dos to the master boot record of your hard-drive and add the following entry:
title Slitaz 4.0 Frugal install
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/bzImage rw root=/dev/null home=/dev/sda1
initrd /boot/rootfs.gz
#change (hd0,0) and /dev/sda1 if your boot folder is in a different partition
7) done...reboot your computer
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HOW TO SAVE YOUR SETTINGS
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1) as root user or as superuser (password is "root") , type the following in the terminal:
tazusb writefs gzip
2) use pcmanfm to move the newly created rootfs.gz file from "/" into the "/boot" folder of your hard-drive.
-- while you're at it, you might as well remove the other rootfs*.gz files, since they are not needed and you can remove the "extlinux" folder as well.
....DONE!
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Some refinements to the process
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You don't need to create a LiveUSB if you have a liveCD
Just copy all of the rootfs*.gz files and the bzImage file to a /boot folder in your hard-drive.
** for saving your settings, if you reboot, the rootfs.gz file should copy itself to the proper folder, so you don't have to move it all of the time
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And to keep Microsoft Windows XP happy, keep its MBR(MasterBootRecord) but add a line like
C:\grldr="GrUB4(all)dOS" ; startup menu title in quotes
to the system startup file boot.ini, accessible (for Administrators) via
My Computer > System Properties > Startup and Recovery > Advanced (tab) > Edit
and place the files
grldr and menu.lst
in the %SystemRoot% (usually C:\ but sometimes not) folder/directory.
*[it may be necessary to use C:\ even if the %SystemRoot% isn't really on C: drive ]
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Interesting, but I find that method to be more complicated.
Grub4dos will find Windows with the following menu entry:
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title Windows XP Pro SP3\nStart Windows
uuid xxxxxxx
chainloader +1
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Replace the x's with the proper uuid for the Windows partition.
To find the correct uuid, from the terminal, type: blkid
or even simpler:
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title Windows XP Pro SP3\nStart Windows
root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
# assuming windows is on the first partition
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Yes! (As long as the PBR(PartitionBootRecord) goes to NTLDR, of course. ;-)
...
echo Booting New Technology Loader
chainloader /ntldr || pause What, no ntldr?!
pause Booting Partition Boot Record (tap key when ready)
chainloader +1
...
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true; if it doesn't find ntldr, then you are in deep dodo!
Wait a minute..no ,not really becuase linux is better anyways 
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I also remember examples using a search for specific file names:
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /ntldr
chainloader /ntldr
for Windows NT/2000/XP, and
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /bootmgr
chainloader /bootmgr
for Windows 7/Vista.
Of course, an installer could set up unique file names on each system partition, ...
GRUB4dOS development is still ongoing, though direction may be for bling instead of universal system accommodation.
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