Hi all,
On a F18, I installed livecd-tools-18.15-1
I downloaded CenOS6.x minimal .iso and with livecd-iso-to-disk the resulting USB is never bootable: the computer doesnt boot on it. Tested on many computers.
The fact is I succeded to install CentOS on a Netbook (no CD/DVD tray), but I dont remember how I invoked livecd-iso-to-disk.
I tried with many combinations (/dev/sdc is the USB pendrive):
1°) $ sudo livecd-iso-to-disk --format --force <ISO> /dev/sdc
2°) $ sudo livecd-iso-to-disk --format --force <ISO> /dev/sdc1
3°) - Format with VFAT on partiion #1 then $ sudo livecd-iso-to-disk <ISO> /dev/sdc1
4°) - Format with Ext on partiion #1 then $ sudo livecd-iso-to-disk <ISO> /dev/sdc1
...
N°) I dont remember what I tried, but it was many, mostly tried with CentOS 6.2
Please, if someone has a F18 + an USB drive: would you test and see if you succed? If you ever succed, how did you?
I don't know how livecd-iso-to-disk works in detail, but can you post the output of fdisk -l <usb stick device>? Maybe also an ls -l of the root directory.
On 05/17/2013 11:06 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
Hi all,
On a F18, I installed livecd-tools-18.15-1
I downloaded CenOS6.x minimal .iso and with livecd-iso-to-disk the resulting USB is never bootable: the computer doesnt boot on it. Tested on many computers.
The fact is I succeded to install CentOS on a Netbook (no CD/DVD tray), but I dont remember how I invoked livecd-iso-to-disk.
I tried with many combinations (/dev/sdc is the USB pendrive):
1°) $ sudo livecd-iso-to-disk --format --force <ISO> /dev/sdc
2°) $ sudo livecd-iso-to-disk --format --force <ISO> /dev/sdc1
3°)
- Format with VFAT on partiion #1 then
$ sudo livecd-iso-to-disk <ISO> /dev/sdc1
4°)
- Format with Ext on partiion #1 then
$ sudo livecd-iso-to-disk <ISO> /dev/sdc1
...
N°) I dont remember what I tried, but it was many, mostly tried with CentOS 6.2
Please, if someone has a F18 + an USB drive: would you test and see if you succed? If you ever succed, how did you?
This sounds like something you should post to the Fedora Users list. The problem probably lies with the F18 application, not with the CentOS ISO image.
On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 3:09 AM, Mark LaPierre marklapier@aol.com wrote:
On 05/17/2013 11:06 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
Hi all,
On a F18, I installed livecd-tools-18.15-1
This sounds like something you should post to the Fedora Users list. The problem probably lies with the F18 application, not with the CentOS ISO image.
Although it sounds like a F18 issue, the under lying issue (IMO) is that it the dd of ISO image to a pen drive device does not work with the RHEL/CentOS installer.
Whereas with other Linux distros like the Debian / openSUSE / Ubuntu it is possible to dd the ISO images on to a pen drive, boot from it and complete the installation [1].
The OP is trying to use a tool which supposedly makes a bootable/installable USB device.
Search keywords "centos create usb boot disk" throws up helpful links. The manual methods may the way to go to achieve the objective.
[a] http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey [b] http://shivasbase.blogspot.in/2012/03/create-bootable-usb-with-centos.html [c] http://thenubbyadmin.com/2012/05/04/how-to-make-a-bootable-centos-6-usb-drive/
All of the above essentially say the same thing.
@OP please try the method outlined in above links and report your success/failure.
[1] This is my preferred method, it eliminates need for an optical media and burning the ISO image to a DVD. FWIW, I have dd'd the CentOS ISO image to a pen drive. In the installer, choose one of the 'network' methods (http / ftp / nfs / cifs etc). Also make sure the CentOS DVD content is available over the network via the chosen method (my choice http).
On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 01:56:06PM +0530, Arun Khan wrote:
On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 3:09 AM, Mark LaPierre marklapier@aol.com wrote:
On 05/17/2013 11:06 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
Hi all,
On a F18, I installed livecd-tools-18.15-1
This sounds like something you should post to the Fedora Users list. The problem probably lies with the F18 application, not with the CentOS ISO image.
Although it sounds like a F18 issue, the under lying issue (IMO) is that it the dd of ISO image to a pen drive device does not work with the RHEL/CentOS installer.
FWIW, I have found that recent Fedora installs, at least the net.iso, works without problem, whether one uses livecd-tools or dd.
I haven't reinstalled CentOS from USB in awhile, and don't remember which I used. I am sure that livecd-tools worked (again for the net.iso) and I'm pretty sure that dd also worked.
On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Scott Robbins scottro@nyc.rr.com wrote:
On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 01:56:06PM +0530, Arun Khan wrote:
On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 3:09 AM, Mark LaPierre marklapier@aol.com wrote:
On 05/17/2013 11:06 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
Hi all,
On a F18, I installed livecd-tools-18.15-1
This sounds like something you should post to the Fedora Users list. The problem probably lies with the F18 application, not with the CentOS ISO image.
Although it sounds like a F18 issue, the under lying issue (IMO) is that it the dd of ISO image to a pen drive device does not work with the RHEL/CentOS installer.
FWIW, I have found that recent Fedora installs, at least the net.iso, works without problem, whether one uses livecd-tools or dd.
In my post, I also mentioned that a plain dd of the ISO file onto an USB pen drive works for the netinstall use case.
However, the dd method does not work for if you want the install to happen from the pen drive (w/o network connectivity).
The OP was having problems with the livecd-tools, the links quoted earlier provide a manual method to do so.
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