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47 lines
2.3 KiB
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BOOT_F32.BIN - bootsector for FAT32;
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MTLD_F32 - auxiliary loader file;
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inst.exe - installer for WinNT+;
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setmbr.exe - installs standard MBR (read below);
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readme.txt - this file.
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To install, flash with FAT32 file system, with free space available for
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file kolibri.img and a couple of Kb for loader, is required.
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Installation for WinNT+ users:
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Run inst.exe, it will display a list of connected flash drives. Select
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the drive, on which you want to install, and double-click on it.
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The program will report success or fail (cannot read/write to drive or
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drive is not FAT32-volume).
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Copy to the flash the file kolibri.img with wanted distribution kit version.
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(These two actions can be done in any order.)
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Now you can boot from this flash drive.
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I have encountered situation, when (recently released) flash does not boot
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and displays message "Pen drive Without Operating System.Remove
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Pen Drive And Reboot." If instead of booting you see the same or like message,
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probably setmbr.exe can help. It must be runned with administrator rights.
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After loading in the appeared list double-click on the drive corresponding to
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your flash drive. Program will report success or fail.
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Installation for users of other operating systems:
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automatic - not supported yet. If you can work with disk editor, the following
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information may help you: inst.exe does following:
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- reads bootsector, checks that it specifies FAT32;
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- copies to the flash the file MTLD_F32, at the same time sets attributes
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"hidden","system","read-only" (they do not play any role for the loader itself,
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they protect the file from unnecessary curiosity);
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- reads the file BOOT_F32.BIN; in its data replaces volume parameters
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from offset 3 to offset 0x5A (0x57 bytes) to parameters taken from current
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bootsector;
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- writes obtained data back to flash bootsector, and also in backup copy of
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bootsector, if it is present (the 2-byte field on offset 0x32)
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(backup copy indeed is not required to be modified, in real life it is not
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used).
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Under Linux a new bootsector can be installed to the drive /dev/sdb1 (replace
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with a name of FAT32-volume of any device you want) with the sequence of
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two following commands:
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dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=BOOT_F32.BIN bs=1 skip=3 seek=3 count=87 conv=notrunc
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dd if=BOOT_F32.BIN of=/dev/sdb1 bs=512 count=1 conv=notrunc
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Files mtld_f32 and kolibri.img must be copied as usual.
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