Douglas McClendon wrote: > I thought some of you might like to know- > > The latest version of zyx-liveinstaller (0.1.15) now supports the > CentOS-5.4 LiveCD/USB. Actually I just put out 0.1.16, which in addition to being noarch, also fixed a problem when installing to rootfs on non-lvm partitions. The other reason I'm replying to this, is the PS at the end about syslinux's menu.c32 vs vesamenu.32, turns out to be a result of livecd-iso-to-disk using the burning host's syslinux. I.e. if I burn my LiveUSB from centos-5.4 instead of 5.3 or fedora, the grey screen bootloader problem doesn't show up. -dmc > > http://filteredperception.org/smiley/projects/zyx-liveinstaller/ > > This is a ~100kb rpm that can be installed in a running LiveCD/USB > session. Once run, zyx-liveinstaller will then allow you to install the > running system permanently to system-disk. > > This is like the anaconda/liveinst installer available with the Fedora > LiveCD/USB, except- > > a) it works _rebootlessly_! After installation completes, you simply > eject the LiveCD or remove the LiveUSB and continue using the now > installed system. > > b) it is still relatively immature, but gets the job done (as far as > I've tested). Installation to external usb drives also works. > > c) it can easily be included in a custom CentOS LiveCD spin, without the > downside of having to have an unsupported version of anaconda on the system. > > d) it is a fairly simple pygtk frontend for a bash backend. In fact, > all you really need is the single bash script > /usr/sbin/zyx-liveinstaller-cli. > > NOTE: that like the Fedora LiveCD installer, it is a *destructive* > install. Target partitions/volumes get reformatted. > > ----------------- > > To do a commandline installation with no seperate /boot partition, the > rootfs on /dev/sda2, and the swap partition on /dev/sda3, you would just > run- > > rpm -Uvh \ > http://filteredperception.org/downloads/zyx-liveinstaller/zyx-liveinstaller-0.1.15-1.i386.rpm > > zyx-liveinstaller-cli \ > /dev/sda2 /dev/sda2 /dev/sda3 > > ----------------- > > Note, that if you throw a copy of the 100kb rpm inside the LiveUSB > version of CentOS-5.4, you have a totally portable offline installable > version of CentOS. This is definitely not as seriously usable as the > traditional DVD installer on bootable USB form, but might have its uses. > > Bugs, comments, criticisms, and feedback are encouraged. > > Now that I've got this working, I'll really get to work helping Patrice > crossport my old LiveUSB persistence patches to Fedora-8/9 to CentOS-5.*. > > peace... > > -dmc > > P.S. To get CentOS-5.4 LiveUSB to boot on my acer aspire one, I had to > change the syslinux.cfg line of 'vesamenu.c32' to 'menu.c32' (and copy > menu.c32). Otherwise an unusable and very grey syslinux bootloader. > Hopefully just a problem with this netbook. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-devel mailing list > CentOS-devel at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel