usb-boot

BOOT FROM USB STORAGE DISK

After long time I tried to make my 256MB removable USB flashdisk ( Kingstone Data Traveller ) to boot my computer, finally I found how to make it work. If you want to make your USB Storage Disk to boot your computer. This the step by step how to make bootable USB Storage Disk.

Before we start, we need things to prepare.

1. USB Flashdisk ( just like me ) or other USB Storage Disk.

2. SLAX 5.1.0 or above you can download from Here

3. Syslinux Utility
   
   

Method

• First I format my 256Mb USB Flashdisk as FAT16 partition. Let us call this partition G:\

• Now extract the SLAX iso image in the newly created G:\ using Winrar
  Then copy the files "vmlinuz" and "initrd.gz" which are in the G:\boot directory to G:\ - this means to copy them one level up

• Or you can boot fisrt with SLAX 5.1.0 live cd and extract from there.

• Then open the file isolinux.cfg in wordpad and remove boot\ ahead of vmlinuz and initrd: so, where there is "boot\vmlinuz" it becomes "vmlinuz" and wherever there is "boot\initrd" it becomes "initrd"

• Save the file as syslinux.cfg

• Extract the syslinux zip file somewhere and then open the command prompt
  cd into the syslinux directory
  cd once again to the win32 directory
  then run
  

  win32:\> syslinux.exe G: -f

• Reboot and Enter the BIOS (usually pressing [del] or [F1] at the time of boot)
  Set the USB device as primary boot device.

• IF your Motherboard Bios don’t support this, you must update your Bios, you can find your Update Bios in your MOThERBOARD MANUFACTURER Website.

• Reboot and if everything was done properly it should boot from the USB drive.
  

Its work for my USB Kingstone Data Traveller Flasdisk

# posted by Jack @ 10:44 AM 0 comments