Qemu Persistent SLAX Linux tutorial
The following process enables you to bring SLAX with you on a portable USB device and then proceed to run QemuSLAX from a Windows 98, XP or Vista host PC without ever rebooting. In addition, your personal settings and changes are automatically saved back to the stick and restored at boot. This is accomplished using Qemu emulation software in conjunction with a pre-built image file for saving and restoring the changes.
Qemu Slax basic essentials:
- USB device with 512MB+ free space
- A Windows host computer
- SLAX ISO
- QSlax.exe (now includes Qemu and Kqemu files)
Qemu Slax install and boot procedure:
- Download QSlax.exe and run, a QSlax folder is created
- Download the SLAX ISO and move it to the QSlax directory
- Click the Launchslax.bat to start SLAX
- Press Enter at the boot prompt
- Login to SLAX with the username: root and password: toor
- Type startx to start SLAX
To shutdown Qemu Slax:
From the K Menu select logout, then type poweroff from the terminal window
Update 9/24/07: Slax can now be run with Kqemu on a Windows Vista host.
