USB SLAX install
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SLAX is a small Live Linux CD distribution created by Tomas Matejicek. SLAX is basically a stripped down version of Slackware Linux. It uses the unification file system or (unionfs) allowing a read only filesystem to behave as a writable filesystem which allows the user to save system wide changes without a secondary persistent partition. The following tutorial explains how to create a Portable SLAX. This guide will show you how to easily install SLAX to a portable USB device via Windows.
Updated 3/18/08: Newer version of Slax (6.0.3) includes install scripts and persistence is now automatic
SLAX 6.0.3 Screenshot:
Basic essentials:
- A 256MB or larger USB flash drive
- HP-USB Format tool (Optional)
- SLAX-6.0.3.tar
- 7-Zip or other archive extraction tool
- Windows Host to perform the USB install
SLAX USB installation tutorial:
- Download the HP-USB Format tool and format your flash drive using the Fat or Fat32 option
- Download the SLAX for USB .tar file
- Using 7-Zip extract the files from the slax-6.0.3.tar to the root of your USB stick
- Navigate to the boot folder on your "USB device" and click bootinst.bat (Click Continue if the following error appears)
- Follow the onscreen instructions to make the device bootable
- Once the USB install script has finished, reboot your computer and set your BIOS or Boot Menu to boot from the USB device
- Save your BIOS settings. On the next reboot, you should have a sucessful launch of your USB SLAX Linux compilation
* If you need any additional help making your flash drive boot, check out our BIOS boot options section or Tools Section.
