![]() ![]() Shut down the VM, remove the SLAX VMDK from the Windows VM and make a new VM with the “SLAX.vmdk”. When it says “Boot sector written successfully” (or something like that), close the CMD windows. Read whatever the “bootinst.bat” file says. Note: I’ve shown you the path from the CD for demonstration purposes. Next, run as Administrator, “/slax/boot/bootinst.bat” (the one in the virtual HDD. Copy all the contents of the SLAX ISO onto the hard disk. Initiate the VMDK file as follows: MBR> NTFS> Label: SLAX (right click This PC > Manage> Disk Management). Once booted up, mount the SLAX ISO on a drive. If you plan on installing this in VMware, you’ll need a Windows XP (or above) VM already installedĪttach a new “SATA” drive onto the Windows VM (8GB is more than enough). Now for the real how-to and the daunting prerequisites. Don’t blame the forums though, as it would probably work for other non-original versions of SLAX (WiFi SLAX, WinLinux, SabreSLAX etc.). More on that later.Ī lot you would have come across lots of forums telling you to copy the contents and execute an elusive (nonexistent even) file, namely, “liloinst.sh”. The installation is pretty easy, but the prerequisites aren’t. Well, as always, we’re here to lend a helping hand. You’re probably pretty frustrated with the no-install-policy. ![]() You power it up and- BANG, no install! And they say it’s the easiest OS ever! The same procedure may be used to install slax-atma to the harddrive also. You’ve probably have heard all the praise and all that. I can simply plug the USB drive with the live version of the OS and ATMA into.
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