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# Get memdisk and console syslinux.exe (http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/) | # Get memdisk and console syslinux.exe (http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/) | ||
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# Run syslinux -s <device> , where <device> is the flash drive name (for example H:) | # Run syslinux -s <device> , where <device> is the flash drive name (for example H:) | ||
# Write in syslinux.cfg on the flash drive:<br/><code>default memdisk initrd=kolibri.img</code> | # Write in syslinux.cfg on the flash drive:<br/><code>default memdisk initrd=kolibri.img</code> | ||
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| + | Select '''floppy''' in the blue boot screen. | ||
Revision as of 20:39, 17 September 2012
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.