How to install Slax to USB
This walkthrough will illustrate how to install a SLAX compilation to a USB stick through windows.
You’ll need the following:
* 256MB or larger USB Stick (128MB will work w/frodo or popcorn Slax)
* HP USB tool (for formatting the stick)
* A Live Slackware Linux compilation (Slax 5.0.6 was used in this demo)
* Winrar (or another ISO extracting application)
* Syslinux V2.11
1: The first step is to Download the HP USB tool and format your stick with the tool using the FAT option (quick format is fine)
2: Open your Slax 5.0.6 ISO using winrar. Extract the files from the ISO to your USB stick.
3: Open the boot directory on the USB stick and copy those files to the main (root) of the USB stick.
4: Download and extract syslinux.zip to a directory on your computer.
5: Run the command prompt in windows (start/run/cmd) and CD to the syslinux directory. Once there simply type syslinux.exe F: (F: being the example drive letter of the USB stick in this system)
6: Download the syslinux.cfg file and extract to your USB stick.
7: Reboot your PC and go into your system BIOS and set your boot order to boot from any selectable USB device. (example USBZIP, USBFLOPPY, USBHD)
8: Save your BIOS settings. On the next reboot, you should have a sucessful launch of your USB Linux compilation.
There are many other options, but this was meant to be a simple walkthrough just to get you up and running.
I typically use more than one partition on my sticks to better utilize my storage space which also makes for an easier configsave/configrestore
We will discuss this later on in more detail.
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