Booting from USB flash
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How to install KolibriOS on a USB flash drive
Linux
- Install syslinux and mtools packages:
apt-get install syslinux mtools - Copy /usr/lib/syslinux/memdisk and kolibri.img to the root directory of the flash drive
- Unmount flash and install syslinux on it:
syslinux -s /dev/sdb1, where /dev/sdb1 is a boot partition of your flash drive - Create syslinux.cfg on a flash and write the following:
default memdisk initrd=kolibri.img
Select floppy in the blue boot screen.
Windows
- Get memdisk and console syslinux.exe (http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/)
- Copy memdisk and the kolibri.img image on a flash drive
- Run syslinux -s <device> , where <device> is the flash drive name (for example H:)
- Write in syslinux.cfg on the flash drive:
default memdisk initrd=kolibri.img
Select floppy in the blue boot screen.