Neil Aggarwal wrote: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Ok, I forgot to mention if you decide to use extlinux, you will need to rename to extlinux.conf also, execute the command on the drive /dev/sdc, not the mounted partition Maybe time to make a script to do this work? -- Toshaan <toshlinux at gmail.com> - http://www.toshaan.be