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System requirements |
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Minimal system requirements for KolibriOS: |
* CPU: Pentium, AMD 5x86 or Cyrix 5x86 without MMX with frequency 100 MHz |
* RAM: 8 Mb |
* Videocard: supporting VGA (640*480*16 mode) or Vesa |
* RAM: 8 MB |
* Videocard: supporting VGA (640x480x16 mode) or Vesa |
* Keyboard: AT |
* Mouse: COM, PS/2 or USB |
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The system can boot from any of following devices: |
* BIOS mode |
- Floppy 3.5 |
- IDE HDD LBA |
- CD/DVD |
- USB Flash |
* UEFI mode |
- HDD |
- USB Flash |
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I. Install to floppy. |
1) Insert clean floppy without bad sectors to drive. |
2) Write to it kolibri.img image with any available methods: |
a) (if you have already loaded Kolibri by any method) run the program |
rdsave and select the variant corresponding to floppy |
b) (for DOS and Windows) run subjoined install.bat |
c) with program WinImage or its analogue (e.g. DiskExplorer) |
d) (for Linux) set "executable" attribute to subjoined script install.sh |
and run it |
Now you can boot from floppy (keep it in drive, reboot, set in BIOS option |
of floppy booting). |
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II. Install to hard disk. |
There exists several loaders from hard disk. All are oriented on DOS and |
Windows users. Also standard Linux-loader GRUB can be used. All methods work |
with file kolibri.img. If you already have old version of Kolibri installed, |
simply replace kolibri.img to new. If you have booted from LiveCD, which |
does not contain the file kolibri.img, Kolibri can create it independently, |
to do this, run the program rdsave, enter the file name for saving and select |
the corresponding variant. Of course, in this case Kolibri must be able to |
write to file system of selected partitions, currently this means that |
only FAT volumes are ok. |
1) Most of all features has the loader mtldr (author - Diamond) - works with |
DOS/Win95/98/NT/2k/XP/Vista, supports FAT32 and NTFS, has installator, can |
be installed to any folder on disk. |
Installation: BIOS mode |
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### Install to floppy |
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* Insert clean floppy without bad sectors to drive. |
* Write to it `kolibri.img` image with any available methods: |
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* (if you have already loaded KolibriOS by any method) run the program |
`rdsave` and select the variant corresponding to floppy; |
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* (for DOS and Windows) run subjoined install.bat; |
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* with program WinImage or its analogue (e.g. DiskExplorer); |
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* (for Linux) set "executable" attribute to subjoined script install.sh |
and run it. |
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Now you can boot from floppy (keep it in drive, reboot, set in BIOS option of |
floppy booting). |
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### Install to hard disk |
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There exist several loaders from hard disk. All are oriented on DOS and Windows |
users. Also standard Linux-loader GRUB can be used. All methods work with file |
`kolibri.img`. If you already have old version of KolibriOS installed, simply |
replace `kolibri.img` to the new one. If you have booted from LiveCD, which does |
not contain the file `kolibri.img`, KolibriOS can create it independently. To do |
this, run the program `rdsave`, enter the file name for saving and select the |
corresponding variant. Of course, in this case KolibriOS must be able to write |
to file system of selected partitions. Currently this means that only FAT and |
EXT2 volumes are ok. |
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* Most of all features has the loader mtldr (author - Diamond) - works with |
DOS/Win95/98/NT/2k/XP/Vista, supports FAT32 and NTFS, has installer, can be |
installed to any folder on disk. |
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To install, simply run file HD_load\mtldr_install.exe and select image file. |
Apropos, by this way you can install several images. There is also |
variant of install by hand - for those who want to know what installator |
does: directions in HD_load\mtldr |
2) There is also the loader MeOSLoad (author - Trans, expanded by Mario79) - |
works with DOS/Win95/98, supports FAT32, it is placed with the instruction |
to the folder HD_load\MeOSLoad. |
3) Moreover, there exist a program which allow load Kolibri directly from |
Windows 95/98/Me (of course, unloading it) - 9x2klbr (author - Diamond), |
Apropos, by this way you can install several images. There is also variant of |
install by hand - for those who want to know what installer does: directions |
in `HD_load\mtldr`. |
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* There is also the loader MeOSLoad (author - Trans, expanded by Mario79) - |
works with DOS/Win95/98, supports FAT32. It is placed with the instruction |
to the folder `HD_load\MeOSLoad`. |
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* Moreover, there exists a program which allows to load KolibriOS directly from |
Windows 95/98/Me (of course, unloading it) - `9x2klbr` (author - Diamond), |
supports FAT32 and NTFS. |
4) Usage of the loader GRUB. Place the file 'memdisk' to the folder 'boot' |
or to the partition used for Kolibri. |
a) For GRUB2, in the folder /etc/grub.d add to one of files next lines: |
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* Usage of the loader GRUB. Place the file `memdisk` to the folder `boot` |
or to the partition used for KolibriOS. |
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a) For GRUB2, in the folder `/etc/grub.d` add to one of files next lines: |
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``` |
menuentry 'KolibriOS' { |
linux16 (hd[Hard disk number],[partition number])[path]/memdisk |
initrd16 (hd[Hard disk number],[partition number])[path]/kolibri.img |
} |
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``` |
example: |
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``` |
menuentry 'KolibriOS' { |
linux16 (hd0,msdos1)/boot/memdisk |
initrd16 (hd0,msdos1)/boot/kolibri.img |
} |
``` |
then, run in terminal `sudo update-grub`. |
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then, run in terminal 'sudo update-grub'. |
b) For old GRUB, add to the configuration file `menu.lst` next lines: |
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b) For old GRUB, add to the configuration file 'menu.lst' next lines: |
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``` |
title KolibriOS |
kernel (hd[Hard disk number],[partition number])[path]/memdisk |
initrd (hd[Hard disk number],[partition number])[path]/kolibri.img |
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``` |
Remember that numeration in GRUB starts from 0. Example: |
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``` |
title KolibriOS |
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/memdisk |
initrd (hd0,3)/kolibri/kolibri.img |
``` |
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III. Install to USB-Flash-drive. |
The special loader for FAT32-volumes has been written, it and its installer |
to flash drive can be found in the folder HD_load\USB_Boot. |
For not-FAT32 drives you may use article placed in the folder |
HD_load\USB_Boot_old. |
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IV. Install to CD and DVD. |
There exists special LiveCD-version of Kolibri, which contains |
in addition to standard things some "heavy" (in Kolibri standards) programs: |
the ported emulator DosBox, games "Fixed Rate Pig" and "sokoban". |
You can also create bootable CD or DVD on the base of kolibri.img, adding |
anything what you want, in the mode of floppy emulation. |
The appropriate actions are determined by used CD/DVD write program |
(focus on words such as "boot floppy emulation"). |
### Install to USB flash drive |
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The special loader for FAT32-volumes has been written. It and its installer to |
flash drive can be found in the directory `HD_load\USB_Boot`. |
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For not-FAT32 drives you may use article placed in the directory |
`HD_load\USB_Boot_old`. |
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### Install to CD and DVD |
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There exists special LiveCD-version of KolibriOS, which contains in addition to |
standard things some 'heavy' (in KolibriOS standards) programs: the ported |
emulator DosBox, games 'Fixed Rate Pig' and 'sokoban'. |
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You can also create bootable CD or DVD on the base of `kolibri.img`, adding |
anything what you want, in the mode of floppy emulation. The appropriate actions |
are determined by used CD/DVD write program (focus on words such as 'boot floppy |
emulation'). |
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Installation: UEFI mode |
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UEFI support is still in beta. Be ready to face issues and report them. |
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### Install to hard disk |
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* To boot KolibriOS from HDD these four files are needed: |
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* `uefi4kos`: UEFI-specific loader for KolibriOS, shipped as `bootx64.efi` and |
`bootia32.efi` binaries. Choose one of these `boot*.efi` images to match the |
architecture of your machine's UEFI firmware. Use `bootx64.efi` if unsure. |
* `kolibri.img`: a RAM disk image. |
* `kolibri.krn`: KolibriOS kernel compiled without BIOS-related legacy stuff. |
* `kolibri.ini`: a configuration file. It is used to e.g. set screen |
resolution. |
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* If you have any UEFI-aware OS installed on your HDD, then there already is a |
so called EFI system partition (ESP) on it. If your HDD is not partitioned |
yet, you have to first create a GUID partition table (GPT) on it and then |
create mentioned EFI system partition formatted as FAT32. |
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* Make a directory `/efi/kolibrios` on the ESP. |
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* Copy all the `kolibri.???` files mentioned above to that directory. |
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* If KolibriOS is the only OS to be loaded from that HDD, make a directory |
`/efi/boot` and copy the chosen `boot*.efi` loader there. |
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* If there is some other OS already installed on the HDD, put `boot*.efi` file |
to `/efi/kolibrios` directory and then setup the boot loader of the installed |
OS to boot KolibriOS. |
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For example, for GRUB2 (nowadays also known as just GRUB, not GRUB1 or |
GRUB-legacy) follow these three steps: |
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1. Append file `/etc/grub.d/42_custom` with a new menu entry. |
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``` |
menuentry "KolibriOS" { |
insmod part_gpt |
insmod fat |
insmod chain |
chainloader /EFI/kolibrios/bootx64.efi |
} |
``` |
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2. Locate GRUB config file in your system, namely `grub.cfg`. It might be in |
`/boot/grub/`. |
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3. Update `grub.cfg` with a command like below. |
``` |
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg |
``` |
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### Install to USB flash drive |
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* If you prefer to keep all the data on the USB drive, follow the |
steps above for hard disks. |
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* If, instead, you are okay to lose all the data on the USB drive, use |
`kolibri.raw` image. It is ready to be directly written to the flash drive. |
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Linux users can write the image with standard utilities `cat` or `dd`. |
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Windows users can use [Rawwrite32] or [Rufus]. |
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[Rawwrite32]: https://www.netbsd.org/~martin/rawrite32/ |
[Rufus]: https://rufus.ie |