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| - | 1 | System requirements |
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| 1 | Minimal system requirements for KolibriOS: |
4 | Minimal system requirements for KolibriOS: |
| 2 | * CPU: Pentium, AMD 5x86 or Cyrix 5x86 without MMX with frequency 100 MHz |
5 | * CPU: Pentium, AMD 5x86 or Cyrix 5x86 without MMX with frequency 100 MHz |
| 3 | * RAM: 8 Mb |
6 | * RAM: 8 MB |
| 4 | * Videocard: supporting VGA (640*480*16 mode) or Vesa |
7 | * Videocard: supporting VGA (640x480x16 mode) or Vesa |
| 5 | * Keyboard: AT |
8 | * Keyboard: AT |
| 6 | * Mouse: COM, PS/2 or USB |
9 | * Mouse: COM, PS/2 or USB |
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| - | 11 | The system can boot from any of following devices: |
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| 8 | The system can boot from any of following devices: |
12 | * BIOS mode |
| 9 | - Floppy 3.5 |
13 | - Floppy 3.5 |
| 10 | - IDE HDD LBA |
14 | - IDE HDD LBA |
| 11 | - CD/DVD |
15 | - CD/DVD |
| - | 16 | - USB Flash |
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| - | 17 | * UEFI mode |
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| - | 18 | - HDD |
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| - | 19 | - USB Flash |
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| - | 21 | ||
| - | 22 | Installation: BIOS mode |
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| - | 23 | ----------------------- |
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| - | 24 | ||
| - | 25 | ### Install to floppy |
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| - | 26 | ||
| - | 27 | * Insert clean floppy without bad sectors to drive. |
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| - | 28 | * Write to it `kolibri.img` image with any available methods: |
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| - | 29 | ||
| - | 30 | * (if you have already loaded KolibriOS by any method) run the program |
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| - | 31 | `rdsave` and select the variant corresponding to floppy; |
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| - | 32 | ||
| - | 33 | * (for DOS and Windows) run subjoined install.bat; |
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| - | 34 | ||
| - | 35 | * with program WinImage or its analogue (e.g. DiskExplorer); |
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| - | 36 | ||
| - | 37 | * (for Linux) set "executable" attribute to subjoined script install.sh |
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| - | 38 | and run it. |
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| - | 39 | ||
| - | 40 | Now you can boot from floppy (keep it in drive, reboot, set in BIOS option of |
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| - | 41 | floppy booting). |
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| - | 42 | ||
| - | 43 | ||
| - | 44 | ### Install to hard disk |
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| - | 46 | There exist several loaders from hard disk. All are oriented on DOS and Windows |
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| - | 47 | users. Also standard Linux-loader GRUB can be used. All methods work with file |
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| - | 48 | `kolibri.img`. If you already have old version of KolibriOS installed, simply |
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| - | 49 | replace `kolibri.img` to the new one. If you have booted from LiveCD, which does |
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| - | 50 | not contain the file `kolibri.img`, KolibriOS can create it independently. To do |
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| - | 51 | this, run the program `rdsave`, enter the file name for saving and select the |
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| - | 52 | corresponding variant. Of course, in this case KolibriOS must be able to write |
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| - | 53 | to file system of selected partitions. Currently this means that only FAT and |
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| - | 54 | EXT2 volumes are ok. |
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| - | 55 | ||
| - | 56 | * Most of all features has the loader mtldr (author - Diamond) - works with |
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| - | 57 | DOS/Win95/98/NT/2k/XP/Vista, supports FAT32 and NTFS, has installer, can be |
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| 12 | - USB Flash |
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| 14 | I. Install to floppy. |
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| 15 | 1) Insert clean floppy without bad sectors to drive. |
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| 16 | 2) Write to it kolibri.img image with any available methods: |
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| 17 | a) (if you have already loaded Kolibri by any method) run the program |
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| 18 | rdsave and select the variant corresponding to floppy |
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| 19 | b) (for DOS and Windows) run subjoined install.bat |
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| 20 | c) with program WinImage or its analogue (e.g. DiskExplorer) |
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| 21 | d) (for Linux) set "executable" attribute to subjoined script install.sh |
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| 22 | and run it |
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| 23 | Now you can boot from floppy (keep it in drive, reboot, set in BIOS option |
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| 24 | of floppy booting). |
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| 26 | II. Install to hard disk. |
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| 27 | There exists several loaders from hard disk. All are oriented on DOS and |
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| 28 | Windows users. Also standard Linux-loader GRUB can be used. All methods work |
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| 29 | with file kolibri.img. If you already have old version of Kolibri installed, |
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| 30 | simply replace kolibri.img to new. If you have booted from LiveCD, which |
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| 31 | does not contain the file kolibri.img, Kolibri can create it independently, |
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| 32 | to do this, run the program rdsave, enter the file name for saving and select |
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| 33 | the corresponding variant. Of course, in this case Kolibri must be able to |
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| 34 | write to file system of selected partitions, currently this means that |
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| 35 | only FAT volumes are ok. |
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| 36 | 1) Most of all features has the loader mtldr (author - Diamond) - works with |
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| 37 | DOS/Win95/98/NT/2k/XP/Vista, supports FAT32 and NTFS, has installator, can |
58 | installed to any folder on disk. |
| 38 | be installed to any folder on disk. |
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| 39 | To install, simply run file HD_load\mtldr_install.exe and select image file. |
60 | To install, simply run file HD_load\mtldr_install.exe and select image file. |
| 40 | Apropos, by this way you can install several images. There is also |
61 | Apropos, by this way you can install several images. There is also variant of |
| - | 62 | install by hand - for those who want to know what installer does: directions |
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| 41 | variant of install by hand - for those who want to know what installator |
63 | in `HD_load\mtldr`. |
| 42 | does: directions in HD_load\mtldr |
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| 43 | 2) There is also the loader MeOSLoad (author - Trans, expanded by Mario79) - |
65 | * There is also the loader MeOSLoad (author - Trans, expanded by Mario79) - |
| - | 66 | works with DOS/Win95/98, supports FAT32. It is placed with the instruction |
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| 44 | works with DOS/Win95/98, supports FAT32, it is placed with the instruction |
67 | to the folder `HD_load\MeOSLoad`. |
| 45 | to the folder HD_load\MeOSLoad. |
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| 46 | 3) Moreover, there exist a program which allow load Kolibri directly from |
69 | * Moreover, there exists a program which allows to load KolibriOS directly from |
| 47 | Windows 95/98/Me (of course, unloading it) - 9x2klbr (author - Diamond), |
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| 48 | supports FAT32 and NTFS. |
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| 49 | 4) Usage of the loader GRUB. Place the file 'memdisk' to the folder 'boot' |
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| - | 70 | Windows 95/98/Me (of course, unloading it) - `9x2klbr` (author - Diamond), |
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| - | 71 | supports FAT32 and NTFS. |
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| - | 73 | * Usage of the loader GRUB. Place the file `memdisk` to the folder `boot` |
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| - | 74 | or to the partition used for KolibriOS. |
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| 50 | or to the partition used for Kolibri. |
76 | a) For GRUB2, in the folder `/etc/grub.d` add to one of files next lines: |
| 51 | a) For GRUB2, in the folder /etc/grub.d add to one of files next lines: |
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| 52 | 78 | ``` |
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| 53 | menuentry 'KolibriOS' { |
79 | menuentry 'KolibriOS' { |
| 54 | linux16 (hd[Hard disk number],[partition number])[path]/memdisk |
80 | linux16 (hd[Hard disk number],[partition number])[path]/memdisk |
| 55 | initrd16 (hd[Hard disk number],[partition number])[path]/kolibri.img |
81 | initrd16 (hd[Hard disk number],[partition number])[path]/kolibri.img |
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| - | 82 | } |
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| 56 | } |
83 | ``` |
| 57 | 84 | example: |
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| 58 | example: |
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| 59 | 86 | ``` |
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| - | 87 | menuentry 'KolibriOS' { |
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| - | 88 | linux16 (hd0,msdos1)/boot/memdisk |
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| 60 | menuentry 'KolibriOS' { |
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| 61 | linux16 (hd0,msdos1)/boot/memdisk |
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| 62 | initrd16 (hd0,msdos1)/boot/kolibri.img |
89 | initrd16 (hd0,msdos1)/boot/kolibri.img |
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| - | 90 | } |
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| 63 | } |
91 | ``` |
| 64 | 92 | then, run in terminal `sudo update-grub`. |
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| 65 | then, run in terminal 'sudo update-grub'. |
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| 66 | 94 | b) For old GRUB, add to the configuration file `menu.lst` next lines: |
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| 67 | b) For old GRUB, add to the configuration file 'menu.lst' next lines: |
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| - | 96 | ``` |
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| 68 | 97 | title KolibriOS |
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| 69 | title KolibriOS |
98 | kernel (hd[Hard disk number],[partition number])[path]/memdisk |
| 70 | kernel (hd[Hard disk number],[partition number])[path]/memdisk |
99 | initrd (hd[Hard disk number],[partition number])[path]/kolibri.img |
| - | 100 | ``` |
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| - | 101 | Remember that numeration in GRUB starts from 0. Example: |
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| - | 103 | ``` |
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| - | 104 | title KolibriOS |
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| - | 105 | kernel (hd0,0)/boot/memdisk |
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| - | 106 | initrd (hd0,3)/kolibri/kolibri.img |
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| - | 107 | ``` |
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| - | 110 | ### Install to USB flash drive |
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| - | 111 | ||
| - | 112 | The special loader for FAT32-volumes has been written. It and its installer to |
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| - | 113 | flash drive can be found in the directory `HD_load\USB_Boot`. |
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| - | 114 | ||
| - | 115 | For not-FAT32 drives you may use article placed in the directory |
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| - | 116 | `HD_load\USB_Boot_old`. |
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| - | 118 | ||
| - | 119 | ### Install to CD and DVD |
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| - | 121 | There exists special LiveCD-version of KolibriOS, which contains in addition to |
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| - | 122 | standard things some 'heavy' (in KolibriOS standards) programs: the ported |
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| - | 123 | emulator DosBox, games 'Fixed Rate Pig' and 'sokoban'. |
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| - | 125 | You can also create bootable CD or DVD on the base of `kolibri.img`, adding |
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| - | 126 | anything what you want, in the mode of floppy emulation. The appropriate actions |
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| - | 127 | are determined by used CD/DVD write program (focus on words such as 'boot floppy |
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| - | 128 | emulation'). |
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| - | 131 | Installation: UEFI mode |
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| - | 132 | ----------------------- |
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| - | 134 | UEFI support is still in beta. Be ready to face issues and report them. |
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| - | 136 | ### Install to hard disk |
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| - | 138 | * To boot KolibriOS from HDD these four files are needed: |
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| - | 140 | * `uefi4kos`: UEFI-specific loader for KolibriOS, shipped as `bootx64.efi` and |
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| - | 141 | `bootia32.efi` binaries. Choose one of these `boot*.efi` images to match the |
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| - | 142 | architecture of your machine's UEFI firmware. Use `bootx64.efi` if unsure. |
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| - | 143 | * `kolibri.img`: a RAM disk image. |
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| - | 144 | * `kolibri.krn`: KolibriOS kernel compiled without BIOS-related legacy stuff. |
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| - | 145 | * `kolibri.ini`: a configuration file. It is used to e.g. set screen |
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| - | 146 | resolution. |
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| - | 149 | * If you have any UEFI-aware OS installed on your HDD, then there already is a |
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| - | 150 | so called EFI system partition (ESP) on it. If your HDD is not partitioned |
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| - | 151 | yet, you have to first create a GUID partition table (GPT) on it and then |
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| - | 152 | create mentioned EFI system partition formatted as FAT32. |
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| - | 154 | * Make a directory `/efi/kolibrios` on the ESP. |
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| - | 156 | * Copy all the `kolibri.???` files mentioned above to that directory. |
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| - | 158 | * If KolibriOS is the only OS to be loaded from that HDD, make a directory |
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| - | 159 | `/efi/boot` and copy the chosen `boot*.efi` loader there. |
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| - | 161 | * If there is some other OS already installed on the HDD, put `boot*.efi` file |
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| - | 162 | to `/efi/kolibrios` directory and then setup the boot loader of the installed |
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| - | 163 | OS to boot KolibriOS. |
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| - | 165 | For example, for GRUB2 (nowadays also known as just GRUB, not GRUB1 or |
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| - | 166 | GRUB-legacy) follow these three steps: |
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| - | 168 | 1. Append file `/etc/grub.d/42_custom` with a new menu entry. |
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| - | 170 | ``` |
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| - | 171 | menuentry "KolibriOS" { |
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| - | 172 | insmod part_gpt |
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| - | 173 | insmod fat |
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| - | 174 | insmod chain |
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| - | 175 | chainloader /EFI/kolibrios/bootx64.efi |
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| - | 176 | } |
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| - | 177 | ``` |
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| - | 179 | 2. Locate GRUB config file in your system, namely `grub.cfg`. It might be in |
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| - | 180 | `/boot/grub/`. |
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| - | 182 | 3. Update `grub.cfg` with a command like below. |
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| - | 183 | ``` |
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| - | 184 | sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg |
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| - | 185 | ``` |
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| - | 187 | ||
| - | 188 | ### Install to USB flash drive |
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| - | 189 | ||
| - | 190 | * If you prefer to keep all the data on the USB drive, follow the |
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| - | 191 | steps above for hard disks. |
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| 71 | initrd (hd[Hard disk number],[partition number])[path]/kolibri.img |
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| 73 | Remember that numeration in GRUB starts from 0. Example: |
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| 75 | title KolibriOS |
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| 76 | kernel (hd0,0)/boot/memdisk |
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| 77 | initrd (hd0,3)/kolibri/kolibri.img |
193 | * If, instead, you are okay to lose all the data on the USB drive, use |
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| 79 | III. Install to USB-Flash-drive. |
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| 80 | The special loader for FAT32-volumes has been written, it and its installer |
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| 81 | to flash drive can be found in the folder HD_load\USB_Boot. |
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| 82 | For not-FAT32 drives you may use article placed in the folder |
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| 83 | HD_load\USB_Boot_old. |
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