Jerry Geis wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to find information on taking a DVD of centos 5.2 x86_64 > and putting it AND my kickstart file on a USB8G thumbdrive. > > Note - I am not INSTALLING linux on the USB disk just trying to make > installation media for it. I am not taking just the bootdisk.img file to > make the USB > bootable but the entire DVD content on the USB and my kickstart files. > > I'd like to just be able to plug in a USB disk that I have made > that has all the kickstart information and the machine is just setup > based on WHICHEVER usb thumbdrive in place in the machine. > > Is there something out there that explains this that I have not found? Maybe things have changed in 5.x but I recall some annoying issues with having a USB device plugged in during kickstart as the kernel would sometimes map that device as sda and that could screw up my partitioning scheme. I think it would be easier to put the kickstart file on the DVD and have a different DVD for whatever purpose you want, unless you anticipate needing to change the kickstart file frequently. Same goes for having external SCSI or fiber channel devices connected during kickstart, I always disconnect all block devices other than the boot device whenever possible when using kickstart. That is assuming your looking for a fully automated installer, vs loading kickstart with minimal configs and doing a bunch of manual work during installation. nate