On Tue, 14 Dec 2010, John Doe wrote:
To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org From: John Doe jdmls@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [CentOS] how to install CentOS onto a USB flash drive from Windows?
From: Rudi Ahlers Rudi@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