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namT

Member

Registered: 2011-10-25

Posts: 27

Is there a save option for a frugal install?

Hi, I managed to create a frugal install on a ntfs partition with grub4DOs. I just made a folder named Slitaz and copied over bzimage and rootfs.gz from my usbinstall. The 3 lines below are from my Grub4dos menu.lst

title SliTaz 3.0 frugal

kernel /Slitaz/bzimage rw root=/dev/null screen=1024x786x24 lang=en kmap=en vga=791

initrd /Slitaz/rootfs.gz

Everything runs but when I shutdown, there is no options to save my settings, which is availiable when I run Slitaz with the usb stick.

Is there a way to save my settings when running a frugal install?

mojo

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Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 2,174

Re: Is there a save option for a frugal install?

Add home=sdxx to the kernel line,to save your filesystem:#tazusb writefs gzip

I tried a frugal install on a fat32 filesystem,logins other than root fail,couldn't save anything.

The cause is differences in file permissions on a windows filesystem versus a linux filesystem.

Report back how it works on NTFS.

namT

Member

Registered: 2011-10-25

Posts: 27

Re: Is there a save option for a frugal install?

I've given up trying to save in a ntfs filesystem, but managed to do a frugal install in sda4 on my hard disk. It is a 5MB ext3 filesystem. I copied the 'boot' and 'tux' folders from my usbinstall and modified my grub4dos menu entry as follows:

title SliTaz 3.0 frugal (sda4)

root (hd0,3)

kernel /boot/bzImage rw root=/dev/null home=sda4 lang=en kmap=en

initrd /boot/rootfs.gz

Guess what? I get an option to save at shutdown! However /usr/bin/tazusb will need some hacking to get it to save properly. Until, I get that working right, I am sticking with my USB-install.

I prefer it because if I screw anything up, I can just shutdown without saving. With a full-install; if my tinkering screws up the system, I usually can't get Slitaz working again without re-installing.

EDIT: mojo, I just tried your 'tazusb writefs gzip' command. It works like a charm on the ext3 frugal install. Thank you!

Now on to installing more software and more tinkering