Tosh: > 1) make the first partition active > fdisk /dev/sd[c]1 then a, 1 and w to write and quit I did this. > 2) format the usb stick with fat or ext3 I formatted it using mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdc1 > (b) ext3 : you will need to use extlinux work on the stick > extlinux /dev/sd[c]1 I mounted the drive and did extlinux /media/disk > 4) I extract the isolinux folder from the dvd iso I copied all the files from http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/isolinux/ to the root directory of the usb drive. > 5) rename all isolinux to (a) syslinux - (b) extlinux I renamed the isolinux.bin to extlinux.bin and isolinux.cfg to extlinux.cfg > 6) copy the dvd/cd iso(s) to your stick I copied the iso to the root directory of the usb drive. > 7) normally you should get the same boot loader as when you > would pop in > the cd/dvd, centos install will start loading necessary > drivers and then > you will have to chose hard disk install and point to the drive where > your dvd/cd iso(s) are I tried to boot off the usb drive and I get a message that it could not boot the operating system. Any ideas? Thanks, Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (832)245-7314, www.JAMMConsulting.com Eliminate junk email and reclaim your inbox. Visit http://www.spammilter.com for details.