Some people want to use whatever is in their closet without getting any new hardware and that can mean no cd but a stack of floppies..
Solution-
Make floppy flavor with instructions for installation on a few floppies-
-Only browser is "links" (first public slitaz was 15mb- http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/archive … 84208.html ).
-Working dialup.
-Text login as boot default (type startx for gui).
Thank you.
Last edited by slicel (2009-08-03 19:20:26)
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#2 2009-08-03 21:53:03
bellard
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Re: Floppy flavor, half the size without firefox
Hi,
You can install Slitaz using floppies with the following steps:
1- build floppies on a Windows box with Internet access
Archive these files on floppies with your favorite utility (arj, winzip...)
2- extract floppies on target box
If the box is running Windows9x type:
C:\> linld image=bzimage initrd=rootfs.gz "cl=rw root=/dev/null autologin"
If the box is running Windows NT/2k/XP
- append boot.ini with c:\grldr="slitaz"
- create menu.lst with:
title Slitaz
kernel bzimage rw root=/dev/null autologin
initrd rootfs.gz
- reboot and choose slitaz boot entry
3- now you can use slitaz-installer...
-pascal
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#3 2009-08-04 01:42:47
slicel
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Re: Floppy flavor, half the size without firefox
Hello.
1- build floppies on a Windows box with Internet access
Well, if a computer can boot up from USB (or let alone *have* a USB port), why does it need to be booted up from a floppy? big_smile
Last edited by spork (2009-08-04 17:40:05)
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#8 2009-08-04 19:26:20
Linea
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Re: Floppy flavor, half the size without firefox
Hi spork
We need some cartoons for the Newsletter smile
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#9 2009-08-04 20:12:59
slicel
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Re: Floppy flavor, half the size without firefox
Put your hard disk into his computer has a second drive and install Slitaz
on your disk.
I suggested moving hd to both chap and ran but they chose a linux that was easy to install by floppy instead of slitaz (although bellard's windows instructions might have helped).
Does the slitaz boot-floppy boot from pcmcia cd/dvd and pcmcia usb key because ran had trouble with pcmcia cd?
Imagine if ran could set entire 240mb hd as swap (+32mb ram=272mb memory) and boot 1gb tazusb key in pcmcia usb card (like changing 32mb ram and 240mb hd into 272mb "ram" and 1000mb "hd").
Thank you.
Last edited by slicel (2009-07-29 22:37:05)
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"Have live cd preload gparted and make hd swap for low-ram"
"Be able to enter safe mode or slitaz setup or text login during boot"
"Stop xvesa from configuring video, use default vga=normal"