Run SLAX from Windows
The following process enables you to bring SLAX, a small Slackware based Linux distribution created by Tomas Matejicek with you on a portable USB device and then proceed to run SLAX via Qemu emulation 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.
NOTE: This tutorial is Old and may no longer work as well as intended.
Screenshot of (SOW) Slax running on Windows via Qemu
Distribution Home Page: Slax.org
Qemu Home Page: Qemu.org
Minimum Flash Drive Capacity: 512MB
Persistent Feature: Yes
Qemu + Slax basic creation essentials:
- USB device with 512MB+ free space
- A Windows host computer
- SLAX ISO
- SOW.exe ( includes Qemu and Kqemu)
Qemu + Slax creation and boot procedure:
- Download SOW.exe and launch, a SOW folder is created
- Download the SLAX ISO and move it to the SOW folder
- Click the SLaunch.bat file to start SLAX emulated with Qemu
- 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
Slax can also be run with Kqemu on a Windows Vista host
