Booting from USB flash

How to install KolibriOS on a USB flash drive

Linux

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.

Windows

1. Get memdisk and console syslinux.exe (http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/)
2. Copy memdisk and the kolibri.img image on a flash drive
3. Run syslinux -s <device> , where <device> is the flash drive name (for example H:)
4. Write in syslinux.cfg on the flash drive:
   default memdisk initrd=kolibri.img

Select floppy in the blue boot screen.

See also

• FAT32 KolibriOS bootloader installer for Windows(ru)