[CentOS] install CentOS using an external USB cdrom

[Ian Brown]

Hi Gerald,

B I N G O !!!

Works like a charm ! On the first time !!

 Thanks a lot for you help; I wish that other mailing list were so helpful as
this is;
Tnanks again
IB

On 4/4/06, Gerald Waugh <gwaugh at frontstreetnetworks.com> wrote:
> You wrote;
> >  > Try append console=ttyS0,38400,n8
> > > For using serial port 0, and 38400 baud
> >
> > I can only append it to the iso (as I don't have a keyboard
> > attached). How should it be appended to the iso ? I know how
> > to open the iso and change it; to be more accurate, I should
> > add these parameters to the isolinux.cfg. But then, how to
> > create the new iso with the new isolinux.cfg ? Is it but
> > mkisofs ? and it case it is, with which parameters exactly ?
> > Regards, IB
>
> Yes, you put it in isolinux/isolinux.cfg
> Then create a new CD.
>
> Download the ISO image to a Linux Box, and then run this script
> mkdir cd_image
> mount -o loop -t iso9660 Nu-CentOS-BQ-3.0.iso cd_image
> mkdir custom_cd
> cd cd_image
> cp -Rp * .discinfo ../custom_cd
> cd ..
> umount cd_image
> rmdir cd_image
> cd custom_cd
>
> After you make all of your changes, now is the time to create an ISO
> image.
>
> You need to have "mkisofs" installed to be able to do this
>
> cd custom_cd
> mkisofs -o ../Nu-CentOS-BQ-3.0.iso \
>         -V 'BQ-CentOS Install v3.0' \
>         -b isolinux/isolinux.bin \
>         -c isolinux/boot.cat \
>         -no-emul-boot \
>         -boot-load-size 4 \
>         -boot-info-table \
>         -R -J -T .
>
> That's it, it should create your new ISO.  From there, just burn it to a
> CD!
>
> Gerald
>
>
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