Can i remove my flashdrive when ZeroOs has booted and working? What will happen when i reboot without flashdrive? Is it installed?

The flash drive can be removed after the node is fully booted. However, if zos is not installed and the node reboots without the flash drive, it will fail to boot because the flash drive contains the logic to download and start the Zero OS operating system.

Updated on: 25/11/2025