Install SLAX to a Flash Drive from Windows

How to Create a SLAX Flash Drive from Windows. In the following tutorial we show you how easy it is to install SLAX Linux to a USB Flash Drive from within Windows. Created by Tomas Matejicek, SLAX is a tiny 200MB Linux distribution. It is essentially a stripped down version of Slackware Linux. SLAX is offered in a compressed tar format for extraction to a USB stick, SLAX Linux does feature the ability add or remove modules on the fly and save your changes persistently for use on subsequent boots.

Portable SLAX Desktop Screenshot

Distribution Home Page: slax.org

Minimum Flash Drive Capacity: 256MB

Persistent Feature: Yes

USB SLAX Flash Drive creation essentials

• A 256MB or larger USB flash drive
• SLAX-6.x.x.tar file
  
• 7-Zip or other .tar extraction utility
  
• Admin Access on Windows Host
  

How to Create a SLAX USB Flash Drive

1. Download the USB SLAX .tar file
2. Using a tool like 7-Zip, extract the slax-6.x.x.tar to the root of your USB stick
3. From the boot folder on your Flash Drive, run bootinst.bat
   "Windows Vista users may need to highlight bootinst.bat and then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to run the script with elevated rights"
   
4. Press any key to make your USB device bootable (make sure it is displaying the correct drive)
5. Once the script has finished, reboot your computer, set your BIOS or Boot Menu to boot from the USB device and save your settings. On next boot, you should have a successful launch of  your Portable SLAX

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