At Mon, 11 Dec 2006 it looks like Andreas Rogge composed: > Hello Bill, > > AFAIK you cannot boot a CDROM-image from a pendrive. However you might > have a look at images/README: > > "The diskboot.img file is a VFAT filesystem image that can be written > to a USB pendrive or other bootable media larger than a floppy. > Note that booting via USB is dependent on your BIOS supporting this. > It should be written to the device using dd." > > Regards, > Andreas Rogge > Thanks Andreas, What threw me off was the simplist example RedHat gave for doing this at: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/x8664-multi-install-guide/s1-steps-install-cdrom.html The went on to write the following under "USB pen drive": ###################################################################### 2.4.1. Alternative Boot Methods Boot CD-ROM If you can boot using the CD-ROM drive, you can create your own CD-ROM to boot the installation program. This may be useful, for example, if you are performing an installation over a network or from a hard drive. Refer to Section 2.4.2 Making an Installation Boot CD-ROM for further instructions. USB pen drive If you cannot boot from the CD-ROM drive, but you can boot using a USB device, such as a USB pen drive, the following alternative boot method is available: To boot using a USB pen drive, use the dd command to copy the diskboot.img image file from the /images/ directory on CD-ROM 1. For example: dd if=diskboot.img of=/dev/sda Your BIOS must support booting from a USB device in order for this boot method to work. ###################################################################### -- Bill Schoolcraft <*> http://wiliweld.com "Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing." -- Redd Foxx