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

Keith Roberts keith at karsites.net
Tue Dec 14 18:38:02 UTC 2010


On Tue, 14 Dec 2010, John Doe wrote:

> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
> From: John Doe <jdmls at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] how to install CentOS onto a USB flash drive from
>     Windows?
> 
> 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).

Not tried that yet, but when using a USB drive for doing a 
kickstart installation, the USB drive is recognised by 
anaconda as sda1, and offered as an installation option in 
the partitioner dialogue.

Kind Regards,

Keith Roberts

-- 
In theory, theory and practice are the same;
in practice they are not.

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