Hi all
Is there a procedure to use an 8GIG thumbdrive to copy the centos 5.2 dvd contents to the thumbdrive then run isolinux (or something like it) and be able to use the thumbdrive as the install media?
Seems like it should work, however my machine only has syslinux not isolinux. yum provides isolinux does not return anything.
Anyway I was trying to get to a point where I can just stick a USB fab in a machine, have the fab setup with the correct kickstart and everything so it just installs. I cant modify a DVD but a fab I could put the kickstart files on and nothing to type.
jerry
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Jerry Geis geisj@pagestation.com wrote:
Is there a procedure to use an 8GIG thumbdrive to copy the centos 5.2 dvd contents to the thumbdrive then run isolinux (or something like it) and be able to use the thumbdrive as the install media?
Look for a file named usbkey.txt on your syslinux RPM. It has instructions on how to make a bootable USB key.
Basically you have to use "mkdiskimage" to format the USB with a special geometry, you have to use partition number 4, copy your contents there, and then run "syslinux" to create the boot sector.
HTH, Filipe
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Jerry Geis