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install on usb drive from hard disk
  • ossoss May 2010
    I have installed Slitaz 3.0 on a partition of my hard disk.
    Now I want to install it on a usb flash drive from the hard disk installation.
    Unfortunately:
    1) If I choose System tools > Usb installer, no rootfs.gz is found on /media/cdrom.
    2) If I make "tazusb gen-liveusb" as root in terminal window, again no rootfs.gz is found in cdrom device.

    How is possible to install Slitaz on usb FROM hard disk avoiding to format another cd/dvd?
    Thank you.
  • ossoss May 2010
    Note: if I mount the hard disk system partition on /media/cdrom, then I obtain the same error after "tazusb gen-liveusb":

    Mounting cdrom device...
    /dev/sda11 on /media/cdrom type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=writeback)
    umount: can't umount /media/cdrom: Device or resource busy

    Unable to mount cdrom or to find a filesystem on it (rootfs.gz).
  • ossoss May 2010
    Edit: I have discovered tazlito. But after making "tazlito writefs" I got the following error:
    Unable to mount the cdrom to copy the Kernel and needed files. When SliTaz is running in ram the kernel and bootloader are kept on the cdrom. Please insert a LiveCD or unmount the current cdrom to let TazLito handle the media.

    So, it is a dog chasing its tail. I already have made a hard disk installation, but I can do nothing without a cdrom...
  • ossoss May 2010
    Ok, problem solved. I do not know if it is needed to mount the system partition as /media/cdrom, but at last tazlito finished its work. I think there was an error, and on the contrary it yields a slitaz.iso in /home/linux. Using tazusb mde the final job.
    Excuse me for the bit of confusion, but steps are not so clear for me.
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