[CentOS] Building an install disk on a USB key, solved
Bowie Bailey
Bowie_Bailey at BUC.comFri May 21 14:30:36 UTC 2010
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m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Ok, there's been discussion, including, I think, on the wiki web page, > that syslinux is not correct. At any rate, after enough experimentation, I > have a working install on a USB key. The procedure is: > > Using fdisk, partition your key: one partition, VFAT (type b, and toggle > the bootable flag), about 9M or 10M, and a second partition big enough to > hold a DVD. That should be type 83 (Linux native). > > mkfs -t vfat <the DOS partition) > mkfs <the Linux partition > > liveCD-iso-to-disk <.iso, w/ full path> /dev/<USB DOS partition> > mount <USB Linux partition> /mnt > cp <CentOS.iso> /mnt/ > > You're done. You do have to tell it "install from hard disk", and then > point it to the Linux partition. > > I just did this and tested it (or at least as far as the "searching for > existing CentOS installations). > Following these instructions, what iso do I use for the livecd-iso-to-disk step? -- Bowie
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