   :
* CPU 5x86: Pentium I, AMD  Cyrix  MMX   90 MHz
* RAM: 8 Mb
* :  VGA ( 640*480*16)  VESA
* : AT
* : COM, PS/2  USB

       :
- Floppy 3.5
- CD/DVD
- USB Flash
- HDD LBA
-   

I.   .
  1)        .
  2)     kolibri.img    :
    ) (    -  )  
       rdsave       
    )  DOS   DskImage
    )  Windows   WinImage, RawWrite for Windows  
    )  Linux  :
       `dd if=/pathto/kolibri.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=2880` 
             .

     (   , ,
    BIOS'    ).

II.   USB-Flash-.
ISO     Rufus https://rufus.ie
        FAT32-
  HD_load\USB_Boot.
     ,    HD_load\USB_Boot_old.

III.   CD  DVD.
   Kolibri  LiveCD,    
  "" (  ) .
     CD  DVD    
(   ,  )     
.       
  CD/DVD
(   "   ").

IV.    .
     .    
 DOS  Windows.     
Linux-  GRUB.       kolibri.img. 
  Kolibri     -  
,   kolibri.img  .    
LiveCD,     kolibri.img  ,   
 ,     rdsave,   
     . ,  
 -         .
1)      mtldr ( - Diamond) -  
   DOS/Win95/98/NT/2k/XP/Vista,  FAT32  NTFS,  ,
        .
        HD_load\mtldr_install.exe  
    .  ,     
   .      -  ,  
    ,    :   HD_load\mtldr
2)    MeOSLoad ( - Trans,  Mario79) -
     DOS/Win95/98,  FAT32,
         HD_load\MeOSLoad.
3)  ,  ,   Kolibri 
    Windows 95/98/Me (,  ) -  9x2klbr
   ( - Diamond),  FAT32  NTFS.
4)     Linux,     GRUB.
       'memdisk',     'boot'
     ,   Kolibri.
   a)  GRUB2,   /etc/grub.d      :

menuentry 'KolibriOS' {
      linux16 (hd[  ],[ ])[  ]/memdisk
      initrd16 (hd[  ],[ ])[  ]/kolibri.img
      }

      :

menuentry 'KolibriOS' {
      linux16 (hd0,msdos1)/boot/memdisk
      initrd16 (hd0,msdos1)/boot/kolibri.img
      }

            sudo update-grub.

   )   GRUB,     'menu.lst' :

      title KolibriOS
      kernel (hd[  ],[ ])[  ]/memdisk
      initrd (hd[  ],[ ])[  ]/kolibri.img

       ,    GRUB   0. :

      title KolibriOS
      kernel (hd0,0)/boot/memdisk
      initrd (hd0,3)/kolibri/kolibri.img

=================================================================================

      :
 1.   mtldr  kolibri.img  C:\
	(  C:\?   .)

 2)   NT-  Vista (NT/2k/XP/2003 Server (?)):
	  boot.ini   [operating systems] 
c:\mtldr="KolibriOS"
	(     c:\boot.ini,
	   Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery
	-> Edit).       ,   ,
	        .
        .

 2)   9x- (95/98)
(  ,       DOS):
	  config.sys 
install=c:\mtldr
	 ,      config.sys,
	    ,  config.sys
	   (   [menu])
   mtldr  : "Load KolibriOS? [y/n]: "  
   'y','Y','n','N'.

 Windows Millenium   , .. Me'  
    config.sys. ( camper'  
   .)  9x2klbr.

 2)   Vista:
	     
		( "Run as administrator"   );
	       
	   ,    vista_install.bat;
	   :
bcdedit /create /d "KolibriOS" /application BOOTSECTOR
	(      ,   ,
	        .)
	   
" {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}  ."
	      (,  ,
	   ).
bcdedit /set {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx} DEVICE PARTITION=C:
bcdedit /set {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx} PATH \mtldr
bcdedit /displayorder {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx} /addlast

   2)  2)     
boot.ini  config.sys .    2)  :

vista_remove.bat,     vista_install.bat;
bcdedit /delete {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}   

       GUID (  ),
   ,   bcdedit    
    .

       KolibriOS   ,
   ( d, " "),
 "3" (   ).

:

1.         NTFS  FAT32. 

2.   mtldr    C:\.  9x  Vista  
  ,  NT/2k/XP -   C:,  
  . (,     
c:\mtldr      .)

3.  kolibri.img     C:\.   
        ,
   .

4.         ?
    :
a) (     FASM')   (  
    http://diamondz.land.ru,  ,    ) 
    boot_drive (  mtldr.asm)  80h   ,
   80h  , 81h -   .. .
) (     hex-)     0xD98
    80h    (   ).
)   mtldr_install (    ).
           .

5.  -    ?    :
)     kolibri_img_name (  mtldr.asm)
      . ,  C:\Program Files\kolibri\kolibri.img 
   'progra~1\kolibri\kolibri.img' (    8.3). .
)   mtldr_install.

6.     2  5   
         mtldr+kolibri.img,
            
    (     ).
