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== How to install KolibriOS on a USB flash drive ==
[[ru:Загрузка с USB flash]]
 
=== Linux Ubuntu ===
 
# Install syslinux and mtools packages:<br/> <code>apt-get install syslinux mtools</code>
# Copy /usr/lib/syslinux/memdisk and kolibri.img to the root directory of the flash drive
# Unmount flash and install syslinux on it:<br/> <code>syslinux -s /dev/sdb1</code>, where /dev/sdb1 is a boot partition of your flash drive
# Create syslinux.cfg on a flash and write the following:<br/><code>default memdisk initrd=kolibri.img</code>
 
Select '''floppy''' in the blue boot screen.
 
== Links ==
* [http://meos32.7.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=110 Booting from Grub - HowTo{{ref-en}}]
* [http://www.kolibri.hut1.ru/load_usb.htm Mario79 article describing more sophisticated methods{{ref-ru}}]

Revision as of 07:42, 26 October 2007

How to install KolibriOS on a USB flash drive

Linux Ubuntu

  1. Install syslinux and mtools packages:
    apt-get install syslinux mtools
  2. Copy /usr/lib/syslinux/memdisk and kolibri.img to the root directory of the flash drive
  3. Unmount flash and install syslinux on it:
    syslinux -s /dev/sdb1, where /dev/sdb1 is a boot partition of your flash drive
  4. Create syslinux.cfg on a flash and write the following:
    default memdisk initrd=kolibri.img

Select floppy in the blue boot screen.

Links