[CentOS] how to install CentOS onto a USB flash drive from Windows?

[Rudi Ahlers]

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 3:50 PM, John Doe <jdmls at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Rudi Ahlers <Rudi at SoftDux.com>
>
>> Can anyone please point me to a link with instructions on how  to
>> install CentOS 5 onto a USB flash drive, preferably from Windows?
>> I  would like to create a full running CentOS installation (with
>> minimal  packages obviously) that runs off a USB flash drive, and I
>> don't have a Linux  machine to use for this installation right now.
>
> Why not just boot from the CentOS DVD and do a normal install on the USB drive?
> But watch out not to "burn out" you USB drive (limited number of writes).
>
> JD
>


I don't have a DVD, nor any blank DVD's to write it to, but only an ISO :)
But it's fine, I've setup a Linux server with PXE and will (when i
have time again) do the install over the network.



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